Philip Morris International, isosiyete nini y’itabi ku isi, yinjiye mu bucuruzi bw’urumogi.

Philip Morris International, isosiyete nini y’itabi ku isi, yinjiye mu bucuruzi bw’urumogi.

Ibi bivuze iki? Kuva mu myaka ya za 1950 kugeza mu myaka ya za 90, kunywa itabi byafatwaga nk'ingeso “nziza” ndetse n'ibikoresho by'imyambarire ku isi. Ndetse naba star ba Hollywood bakunze kwerekana itabi muri firime, bigatuma bagaragara nkibimenyetso byoroshye. Kunywa itabi birasanzwe kandi byemewe kwisi yose. Icyakora, iki kibazo nticyatinze, kubera ko ibimenyetso bya kanseri n’ibindi bibazo by’ubuzima byica byatewe n’itabi amaherezo biganisha ku rupfu bidashobora kwirengagizwa. Ibihangange byinshi byitabi byatumye abantu benshi bamenyekanisha itabi, bituma abantu babibona. Philip Morris International (PMI) ni umwe mu bashoferi bakomeye, kandi kugeza na nubu, iracyafite uruhare runini mu nganda z’itabi. Ishami ry'Umuryango w'Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima rivuga ko ku isi hose kunywa itabi bitera abantu bagera kuri miliyoni 8. Ikigaragara ni uko izamuka rya marijuwana, Philip Morris International nayo ishaka agace ka pie.

Isosiyete ya Philip Morris Amateka Yinyungu Zurumogi

Uramutse usuzumye amateka y’iki gihangange cy’itabi kuri marijuwana, ushobora gutangazwa no kubona ko Philip Morris ashishikajwe na marijuwana ashobora guhera mu 1969, hamwe n’inyandiko zimwe zerekana ko uruganda rwashishikajwe n’urumogi. Birakwiye ko tumenya ko batabona marijuwana gusa nkigicuruzwa gishobora kuba, ariko kandi nkabanywanyi. Mubyukuri, memo yo mu 1970 yerekanaga ko bishoboka ko Philip Morris yemera ko marijuwana yemewe. Byihuse kugeza mu 2016, Philip Morris yashoye igishoro kinini gifite agaciro ka miliyoni 20 z'amadolari muri Syqe Medical, isosiyete ikora ibijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga rya Isiraheli izobereye mu biyobyabwenge bya marijuwana. Muri kiriya gihe, Syqe yarimo ategura imiti yo kunywa urumogi rushobora guha abarwayi urugero rw’urumogi rw’ubuvuzi. Nk’uko aya masezerano abiteganya, Syqe izakora kandi mu guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga ridasanzwe kugira ngo Philip Morris agabanye ingaruka ziterwa n’itabi ku buzima. Mu 2023, Philip Morris yagiranye amasezerano yo kugura Syqe Medical kuri miliyoni 650 z'amadolari, mu gihe ubuvuzi bwa Syqe bwujuje ibisabwa. Muri raporo yakozwe na Calcalist, ubu bucuruzi ni intambwe ikomeye, umurongo wo hasi ni uko niba imiti ihumeka ya Syqe Medical itsinze ibizamini by’amavuriro, Philip Morris azakomeza kubona imigabane yose y’isosiyete ku mafaranga yavuzwe haruguru.

Hanyuma, Philip Morris yakoze indi ntambwe!

Muri Mutarama 2025, Philip Morris yashyize ahagaragara itangazo rigenewe abanyamakuru risobanura ubufatanye n’ishyirwaho ry’umushinga uhuriweho n’ishami ryayo rya Vectra Fertin Pharma (VFP) n’isosiyete ikora ibijyanye n’ibinyabuzima yo muri Kanada Avicanna, yibanda ku iterambere ry’ibiyobyabwenge by’urumogi. Nk’uko bigaragara mu itangazo rigenewe abanyamakuru, ishyirwaho ry’uyu mushinga uhuriweho rigamije guteza imbere ubushakashatsi n’ubushakashatsi bw’urumogi. Avicanna yamaze gufata umwanya wiganje mubuzima. Icyakora, itangazo rigenewe abanyamakuru ntirivuga cyane uruhare rwa Philip Morris, ariko biragaragara ko ibihangange by'itabi bimaze igihe kinini bishishikajwe n'inganda z'urumogi. Nko mu 2016, ubwo bakoraga bwa mbere na Syqe Medical, byagaragaje ko sosiyete ishishikajwe n’ubuzima, kandi ubwo bufatanye na Avicanna bwarushijeho gushimangira.

Impinduka mubitekerezo byabaguzi

Mubyukuri, birakwiye ko ibihangange byitabi bihindukirira urumogi cyangwa urwego rwubuzima. Nkuko baca umugani, niba udashobora kubatsinda, noneho wifatanye nabo! Biragaragara ko mu myaka yashize umubare w'abanywa itabi wagabanutse. Urwaruka rwabaguzi kurubu rurimo kwikuramo imbogamizi zitabi ninzoga hanyuma zihindukirira kunywa marijuwana. Philip Morris ntabwo aricyo gihangange cyitabi cyonyine cyifuza isoko ryurumogi. Nko mu 2017, isosiyete ikora muri Amerika yitwa Altria Group yatangiye guhagarika ubucuruzi bw’itabi maze ishora miliyari 1.8 z'amadolari mu muyobozi w’urumogi rwo muri Kanada Cronos Group. Itsinda rya Altria rifite amasosiyete manini yo muri Amerika, harimo na Philip Morris, ndetse n'urubuga rwayo ubu hagaragaramo interuro “Kurenga Itabi”. Ikindi gihangange cy'itabi, Abongereza b'Abanyamerika b'itabi (BAT), na cyo cyagaragaje ko ashishikajwe cyane n'urumogi. Hashize igihe, Abanyamerika b’itabi ry’Abanyamerika bakora ubushakashatsi ku bicuruzwa by’urumogi, cyane cyane gutera CBD na THC muri e-itabi rigurishwa munsi y’ibirango bya Vuse na Vype. Mu 2021, Itabi ry’Abanyamerika b'Abanyamerika ryatangiye kugerageza ibicuruzwa bya CBD mu Bwongereza. Renault Tobacco, nayo ifitanye isano n’Ubwongereza bw’itabi ry’Abongereza, yatekereje kwinjira mu ruganda rw’urumogi. Dukurikije inyandiko z’imbere, nko mu myaka ya za 70, Isosiyete ya Renault Tobacco Company yabonaga urumogi ari amahirwe ndetse n’umunywanyi.

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Ubwanyuma, marijuwana ntabwo ibangamiye inganda zitabi. Inganda z’itabi zigomba kwigira kuko itabi rishobora rwose gutera kanseri kandi bigatera ubuzima. Ku rundi ruhande, urumogi ni inshuti aho kuba umwanzi: kubera ko amategeko agenda arushaho gukwirakwira no kwiyongera kwa marijuwana byerekana ko bishobora kurokora ubuzima. Nyamara, umubano hagati y itabi na marijuwana uracyatera imbere kandi uratera imbere. Mu kwemeza urumogi, ibihangange by'itabi birashobora kwigira kubibazo n'amahirwe byatewe na marijuwana. Nyamara, ikintu kimwe kirasobanutse: kugabanuka kwikoreshwa ryitabi nukuri ni amahirwe akomeye kurumogi, kuko abantu benshi kandi benshi bizeye gukoresha ibicuruzwa byiza kugirango basimbure itabi. Kugirango duhanure, dushobora gukomeza kubona ibihangange byitabi bishora mumasosiyete y'urumogi, nkuko twabibonye murugero twavuze haruguru. Ubu bufatanye rwose ni inkuru nziza ku nganda zombi, kandi turizera ko tuzabona ubufatanye nk'ubwo!