Ngokusho kwe-GOP House Rep Jackie Toledo, abathengisi abaningi be-vape esifundazweni saseFlorida abayisebenzisi imithetho ekhona. Lokhu kungemuva kokuba etshelwe ngumntwana osemncane ukuthi bathenge umkhiqizo ovinjelwe kwesinye sezitolo. Ngesikhathi evakashela isitolo esishiwo, uthole ukuthi azikho izimpawu ezixwayisa amakhasimende ngomkhawulo wobudala ukuthenga imikhiqizo kagwayi.
Lokhu kwephula umthetho wezwe wango-2021 odinga ukuthi bonke badayise izitolo selling nicotine products obtain a license to sell such products. In addition, the izitolo kufanele abeke izimpawu eduze kwezindawo zokuphuma ezazisa amakhasimende ukuthi kunjalo okungekho emthethweni ukuthengisa le mikhiqizo kubantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engama-21 ubudala.
The ugwayi 21 umthetho okuyinto exhaswe nommeli wendlu u-Toledo iqale ukusebenza ngo-Okthoba 1st, 2021. This made it illegal for customers under 21 years to buy vaping products in the state. However, rep Toledo found out that many retail stores were not enforcing this regulation. She argued izitolo ukuthengisa ama-vapers kuhulumeni kuqinisa imithetho njengoba kudingeka.
Idatha Yokusetshenziswa Kogwayi
Izifundazwe eziningi ezweni sezivele ziyithobele imithetho yenhlangano futhi zenyusa iminyaka yobudala yokusetshenziswa kukagwayi yaba yiminyaka engama-21. Ngenxa yalezi zinguquko emithethweni kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezihlukene, ososayensi abaningi bebelokhu benza izifundo zokubheka umphumela wokukhuphula umkhawulo weminyaka wokusetshenziswa kukagwayi.
Isibonelo, a ucwaningo lwamuva eyaphenya umthelela womthetho wango-2016 esifundazweni sase-California onyuse iminyaka yobudala yokusetshenziswa kukagwayi isuka kwengu-18 yaya kwengu-21 ibonise izitayela ezinhle. Lolu cwaningo luthole ukuthi umthetho we-T21 oqale ukusebenza ngo-2016 ube nomthelela omuhle kwezempilo kubafundi abenza uGrade 11, 9 no-7 esifundazweni sonke. Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo ifinyezwe ku-News-Medical kanje ngezansi:
- Lo mthetho uholele ekwehleni okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi, ugwayi ongenantuthu impilo yonke kanye nogwayi ongenantuthu enyangeni edlule enanini labafundi esifundazweni.
- Ukwehla okukhulu ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule kanye nempilo yonke yokusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine nemikhiqizo kagwayi yintsha yaseLatinx.
- Ukwenyuka kokuvama kwe-e-cigarette yenyanga edlule
- Umthelela omuhle wezempilo kwezinye izinhlanga ngaphakathi kombuso.
Imiphumela Ehlanganisiwe
Akuzona zonke izifundo ezikhiqize imiphumela emihle. A Ucwaningo olwenziwe yi-UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center emithethweni elawula umkhawulo weminyaka yokusetshenziswa kukagwayi kuveze imiphumela exubile. Abacwaningi u-Elisa Tong, u-Melanie Dove kanye no-Susan steward baqale ngokuhlaziya amaphethini okusetshenziswa kukagwayi phakathi kwentsha yase-California ngaphambi kokuba imithetho ye-T21 iqale ukusebenza nangemva kokuba imithethonqubo iqale ukusebenza. Ekugcineni, abacwaningi baqhathanisa imiphumela yabo naleyo evela ezifundazweni ezingenayo imithetho enjalo kanye nomthetho we-T21 e-California. Idatha ithathwe Ohlelweni Lokubhekwa Kwengcuphe Yokuziphatha lwenkathi ka-2012-2019.
Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi umthetho we-T21 eCalifornia awubanga nomthelela omkhulu ekusetshenzisweni kwemikhiqizo kagwayi esifundazweni. Isibonelo, ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale ukusebenza kwemithetho ye-T21 umbuso waqopha ukwehla ngo-11% kwaminyaka yonke kwabaneminyaka engu-18-20 ubudala ekubhemeni kombuso ngemva komthetho we-T21 kanye nokwehla ngo-6% ezifundazweni eziyinkomba. Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwemithetho ye-T21, izibalo zahlala zifana.
Lolu cwaningo luphinde lwabika ukuthi ukwehla kwaminyaka yonke kwababhemayo nsuku zonke kwabaneminyaka engu-18-20 ubudala eCalifornia kukhuphuke kusuka ku-8% ngaphambi komthetho kuya ku-26% ngemva kokushaywa komthetho ngo-2016. Lokhu kuwukwenyuka okukhulu okuhlanganisa kakhulu umthetho we-T21.
