translated from Spanish: Senator Chahuán and Vaporizers: “These are not a toy, they produce from arrhythmias to other types of dependence”

In his second senatorial period-and third MP-E (l) Senator Francisco Chahuán (RN) integrates permanent commissions on challenges of the future, science, technology and innovation; Transport and telecommunications; and health.
The 2013 Chahuán promoted a bill for crowded places such as malls, schools, stadiums or meters had defibrillators. The initiative was frozen in the Congress, until in the Santiago marathon the runner Claudio Agurto died due to a cardiorespiratory stoppage. The ambulance that went to assist him was not equipped with the resuscitation team. The law was passed a few weeks later.

What motivated the parliamentarian to present the bill was the circumstance in which his father died. “My father had two occasions where he practically had a heart attack that completely paralyzed him. One, finally managed to get ahead after about 15 minutes without vital signs, which was thanks to a defibrillator. And then five years later a new heart attack and the absence of a defibrillator determined that he eventually died, “he said.
“Defibrillators”-continued-“manage to recover 75% of the stoppages. That’s why it’s so important to have a defibrillator that makes the difference between life and death. The senator added that “when ambulances are moved from the Cabildo hospital to the Gustavo Fricke Hospital, we have patients who die on the way just because they don’t have a resuscitator.”
Continuing with the area of health, Chahuán referred to the project of prohibition to the vapers which is carrying forward, together with other parliamentarians, in the Congress. “The vapeadores are not a toy. Nowadays there are manifestations of people who ultimately pretend that this is legalize. I want to be blunt, “the senator mentioned.
Chahuán argued that tobacco use has been declining in numbers in recent years, which has motivated companies to look for other markets. “What business niche have the tobacco companies found? It is precisely to achieve the introduction of the vapeadores and that they are the entrance door for the consumption of tobacco. And here you have to be blunt. The cost of the country in man hours, but also in terms of health costs and particularly in hours of life for citizens is enormous. ”
“In this context I am blunt in terms of increasingly restricting tobacco use and its position on vapeadores, pointing out that these are not a toy, which produce effects on the health of the population, from arrhythmias to other types of dependence , especially those who have nicotine and tar and therefore here must be hard and sharp about that, “argued the parliamentarian.
Regions, in view of the decentralization
For the senator, “today we have a highly concentrated country, where the political, social, economic concentration occurs in four communes in the metropolitan region, which believe that Chile begins and ends there.”
Chahuán explains that there must be a process of tripartite decentralization in the country, including political, administrative and fiscal decentralization. In that sense, he criticized that the taxation of companies, operating in regions, concentrate on certain sectors of the capital. Therefore, he pointed to the mayor of Las Condes.
“I would like to ask Joaquín Lavin if he could authorize 13 thermoelectrics as authorized in my region. It is very easy to talk about nice things in a commune that has all the resources and ultimately, unlike what happens in regions, where negative externalities occur, these companies or these port activities, such as that produced in my region , finally taxed in the metropolitan region and in its commune, “he snapped.
Chahuán also referred to environmental issues affecting regions. “This happens in Quintero and Puchuncaví, passes in Coronel in the Bío Bío region, passes in Til Til in the metropolitan region, passes in Arica with the Polymetals, passes in definitive with a model of development that does not understand that it has to aspire to a model of development sustainability BLE and sustainable “.
“Cape Horn is one of the 29 most Pristiños sites on the globe. And to establish, through a legal subterfuge, the prolongation of salmon’s concessions is an environmental crime, “the parliamentarian said about the conflict in Magellan with the Salmona Nova Austral, which is operating illegally in the area.
Concluding the interview, the senator denounced the freezing of a legislative initiative that he presented 11 years ago. “I want to denounce the brutal lobby of viñateras companies that have ultimately prevented this bill from going forward.” The project seeks to regulate alcoholic beverages, from labelled to harsh trade sanctions that sell this type of products to minors.

Original source in Spanish