Imikhiqizo ye-vaping emhlabeni jikelele ngokuvamile ikholelwa ukuthi injalo uyingozi kancane kunogwayi wendabuko. Yingakho abakhiqizi abaningi bezimakethe njengezindlela ezinempilo esikhundleni semikhiqizo kagwayi yendabuko.
I-Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) noma ama-vapes asebenzisa i-nicotine nesiphunga ngendlela ewuketshezi. Ngakho, azikhiphi intuthu. Lokhu kuthathwa njengokuhlanganisa futhi kukholakala ukuthi kusiza ugwayi omningi owumlutha ababhemayo bayeke ukubhema.
Kepha njenganoma yimuphi omunye umkhiqizo, imikhiqizo ye-vaping ingasetshenziswa kabi futhi isetshenziswe kabi uma ingalawulwa. Kakade izikhungo zomthetho zaseMalaysia zithole imisebenzi eminingi lapho izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni njengeTetrahydrocannabinol (I-THC) kanye ne-Cannabidiol (I-CBD) ziyathengiswa futhi zisetshenziswe e i-e-liquid iqinile. Eminye yale mikhiqizo engekho emthethweni ilinganayo kuthengiswa ngokuvulekile ezisekelweni ze-inthanethi.
Kulezi zimo ezimbalwa, sekuvele kusobala ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping ezweni kuyahlukunyezwa. I-National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA) kufanele isebenzisane namaphoyisa ukuze bheka imakethe ye-vaping ezweni. Le mizamo kufanele igxile entsheni ukuze isize ukuyivikela kubakhangisi abanezinhloso zobugebengu.
I-Vaping ayisona isizathu sokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni
U-Samsul Kamal Arifin we-Malaysian Organisation of Vape Entities (MOVE) kanye nomqondisi wohlelo lwe-Malaysian Harm Awareness Association (HAA) baphikisa ngokuthi "isiphetho siwukuba umphakathi uphile impilo enempilo". Ukholelwa ukuthi akulungile ukuhlanganisa i-vaping nokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni ezweni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-vaping inikeza izinzuzo eziningi kuhlanganise nokusiza ababhemayo ukuba bayeke umkhuba.
I-Samsul iveza ukuthi ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula kwangempela kuyingozi ngo-95% kunokubhema imikhiqizo kagwayi yendabuko efana nogwayi yi-Public Health England (PHE). Leli yivoti elikhulu lokuzethemba emikhiqizweni uhulumeni akumele azibe.
Uphinde akholelwe ukuthi abasebenzisi bayo bezidakamizwa baxuba izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni nemikhiqizo yokuphefumula futhi akuwona ama-vaper angempela afuna ukuyeka ukubhema. Ngakho-ke, akulungile ukuthi noma ubani afanise i-vaping nokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-vaping hard drug ingaholela emiphumeleni emibi kakhulu yezempilo ngisho nokufa ngakho-ke akukho vaper bangempela abazofuna ukuhlanganyela esenzweni esinjalo.
Ukulawulwa yikusasa labo bonke
I-Samsul iphikise uhulumeni wase-Malaysian ukuthi acabangele ukulawula imboni ukuze kusizakale abasebenzisi be-vaping. Uphinde afune ukuthi uhulumeni akhuphule ukuqiniswa komthetho ukuze kuqedwe abadayisi nabasebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni emakethe ye-vaping kuleli.
Uthi uma le mboni ingalawuleki ingase ibe yingozi kubantu abangabhemi ngisho nezingane ezisencane. Ukholelwa ukuthi ukuba ne imithetho efanele endaweni ngeke kuzuze abasebenzisi bomkhiqizo oshisayo kuphela kodwa umphakathi uwonke.
USamsul uthi futhi:
“Sifuna ukuthi imikhiqizo esemakethe ihlolwe, igunyazwe, futhi iphephe ukuthi isetshenziswe, futhi umthetho kuphela ongaqinisekisa lokho. Lokho kuwukuwina kubathengi.”
I-Samsul ithi ukulawula imakethe ye-vaping kufanele ibe yiziqephu ezintathu. Okokuqala, uhulumeni kufanele amise izindinganiso zokulawula ikhwalithi yemikhiqizo eshisayo bese eqinisekisa ukuthi yonke imikhiqizo iyahlolwa futhi ivunyelwe ngaphambi kokuba ivunyelwe emakethe. Okulandelayo, uhulumeni kufanele enze isiqiniseko sokuthi abathengi bathola ulwazi olulungile mayelana nayo yonke imikhiqizo e-vaping ngokulebula okufanele. Okokugcina, uhulumeni kufanele aqinisekise ukuthi yonke imithetho elawula ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping ezweni iyasetshenziswa.
