Zimbabweans Criticize Government’s Plan to Establish Vape Factory Amid Health Concerns

Zimbabweans Criticize Government’s Plan to Establish Vape Factory Amid Health Concerns

Zimbabweans have lambasted and criticized the government after it emerged that it is setting up a vape factory.

Plans for a Vape Production Hub

According to The Herald, Zimbabwe is poised to become a regional hub in the tobacco value chain with the establishment of a multi-billion-dollar vape production factory.

The Vape factory is reportedly going to be set up in Karoi, which is in Hurungwe.

Plans to set up the Vape factory are already at an advanced stage. The investor’s board recently convened in China to finalize the detailed plans and arrangements for establishing the factory.

Former Zimbabwean Ambassador to China,  Christopher Mutsvangwa, revealed the Vape factory is going to be a very big industry.

“There is going to be a very big industry to extract nicotine from the by-products after selecting the premium tobacco leaves,”he said.

The factory is also expected to also process tobacco from neighboring countries including Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.

Public Backlash and Health Concerns

The government’s decision to set up a vape factory has sparked widespread criticism on social media. Zimbabweans have lambasted the move, highlighting the health risks associated with vaping. Many netizens argue that vaping is potentially more dangerous than smoking and question the logic behind investing in such a venture when several countries are banning vaping due to health concerns.

Critics have accused the government of prioritizing economic gains over public health, pointing out the inconsistency in promoting a product that many health experts deem harmful.

Here are some of the reactions

@gutsa_ma;

You mean vape smoking or which vape you guys do not like us you want to kill us. This thing is being banned by other people isusu tucha tucha open vape factory

@LauderGrove;

For a gvt not deliberate with combating drug abuse you can’t expect more. Vaping is more dangerous than smoking and my gvt is establishing a factory. Many countries are putting laws against vaping & my gvt is encouraging it! What research have we done?

@TMkurazhizha;

They are banning Vaping in other countries and you want to Set up a Factory???? Brilliant!!

@NdiniAshley;

Other are banning vaping and others want to set factories?..We are a joke😒

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