Ochwepheshe base-Ireland manje bayaxwayisa ngalokho Abadayisi be-e-cigarette manje sebesebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana ukuze bafinyelele entsheni yakuleli. Laba bakhangisi badayisa ngemali ephansi imiphunga elahlwayo ngamagama aheha intsha njenge Ibha ye-Elf. Le mikhiqizo epakishwe ngamaphakheji anemibala imakethwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana njengephephile futhi kumnandi ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo. Inkinga ngalokhu ukuthi i-e-cigarettes okukhulunywa ngayo iqukethe i-nicotine okwaziwayo ukuthi inemiphumela eyingozi empilweni ezingqondweni zentsha kanye nezingane.
Ezishibhile alahlwayo Ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uvunyelwe kuphela emakethe yase-Ireland unyaka owodwa. Nokho, eziningi zazo imiphunga elahlwayo emakethe aqukethe amanani aphezulu kunesilinganiso se-nicotine. Lokhu kuyingozi entsheni njengoba i-nicotine ilutha kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kutholakale ukuthi i-nicotine ithinta ukukhula kobuchopho.
“Asinayo imininingwane ngokusetshenziswa kwe imiphunga elahlwayo e-Ireland. Siyazi ukuthi ayatholakala ukuze athengwe kulo lonke elase-Ireland ezitolo futhi athengiswa kakhulu entsheni,” kusho inhloko yomnyango wezokuphefumula uSolwazi Des Cox esibhedlela saseCrumlin.
Uphinde wachaza ukuthi lokhu akuzona izindaba njengoba kube nokukhula ngokushesha kwenani lentsha esebenzisa imikhiqizo ye-vaping e-UK eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ukhomba ucwaningo lwakamuva olukhombisile ukwenyuka ngo-50% enanini lentsha yase-Ireland eneminyaka engu-16-17 esebenzisa imikhiqizo yokufutha phakathi kuka-2015 no-2019. Uphikisa ngokuthi ezinye izifundo eziningi zibonise ukuthi i-vaping ingaba nemiphumela elimazayo kokubili inhliziyo namaphaphu abasebenzisi.
UProfesa Cox ophinde abe yiqembu lenqubomgomo yeRoyal College of Physicians mayelana nosihlalo kagwayi uveza ukuthi “intsha evalekayo inengozi ephindwe kane yokubhema.” Ufuna intsha yase-Ireland idikibale ekusebenziseni noma yiluphi uhlobo lukagwayi we-elekthronikhi.
Ochwepheshe nabo bayakukholelwa lokho imikhiqizo ye-vaping elahlwayo manje ekhangiswa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana iyingozi emvelweni. Isembozo sabo sepulasitiki namabhethri abo e-lithium angcolisa imvelo. Inkinga ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana zenza le mikhiqizo yande kakhulu ezweni. Ngokwenhlolovo ye-Ash UK, intsha eningi esanda kuzama ugwayi we-e yathonywa amavidiyo we-TikTok.
I-Vape Business Ireland (VBI) okuyinhlangano eyisambulela yabakhiqizi nabathengisi be-e-cigarette ngomlomo womkhulumeli wabo ithi indikimba yabo yesambulela ibifuna umthetho okhawulele ukudayiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping kubantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 kusukela ngo-2015. Nokho, uyashesha ukuveza ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-vaping elahlwayo ivunyelwe kuphela e-Ireland unyaka owodwa.
Uthi le mikhiqizo elahlwayo ithandwa kuphela ngoba ibiza kancane futhi ngaleyo ndlela iyindlela engcono kakhulu yabantu abadala ababhemayo abazama ukuyeka lo mkhuba. Ngakho-ke le mikhiqizo, idlala indima ebalulekile ekusizeni abantu abadala ababekade bebhema ukuthi bayeke ukubhema.
Uthi nakuba abakhiqizi kanye nabathengisi abaningi bengabheki intsha ngamabomu, ubonga kakhulu ngokuthi uhulumeni uyephuza ukuphasisa umthetho olungile wokuvikela izingane.
“Usoseshini wethu ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-vaping kufanele itholakale kuphela kubantu abadala ababekade bebhema futhi amalungu ethu athobela imithetho eqinile yokuziphatha. I-VBI inethemba lokuthi ukuvinjelwa kokudayiswa kwabaneminyaka engaphansi kwe-18 njengoba kuvezwe ku-General Scheme of the Public Health (uMthethosivivinywa Wokuhogela Ugwayi Ne-Nicotine Inhaling Products) kuzokwenziwa ngokushesha okukhulu,” kusho yena.
