Uma kuziwa i-vaping yentsha, uhulumeni wase-Australia wenze okwanele ukuqinisekisa ukusetshenziswa okuncishisiwe kwama-vapes phakathi kwabantu abadala. Nokho, imizamo yabo ayibonakali ithela izithelo. Eqinisweni, ochwepheshe banombono wokuthi uhulumeni kufanele asebenzise imithetho eqinile ukubhekana nalesi simo esidabukisayo. Lokhu kungenxa yokwanda kwakamuva kwe-vaping yentsha ezweni.
I-Victorian ike yaba sematheni ikakhulukazi ngemva kocwaningo olwenziwe yi-Victorian Smoking and Health Survey ebonise ukuthi isifunda siqophe isibalo se-vaping esimangalisayo. Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi abantu baseVictoria abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-18 kuya kwengama-30 bakha iningi lama-vaper esifundazweni njengoba bahlanganisa amaphesenti angama-50 awo wonke ama-vaper eVictoria.
Imininingwane yocwaningo iveze ukuthi phakathi kuka-2018 kuya ku-2019, kunyuke ngo-2.8% phakathi Osemncane abadala abasebenzisa i-e-cigarettes. Ucwaningo olufanayo lubonisa ukuthi i-vaping phakathi okufanayo Osemncane abantu abadala abaneminyaka ephakathi kwe-18-24 benyuke ngo-12.4% kusukela ngo-2019.
Ngokusho kwe-CEO ye-VicHealth, uDkt. Sandro Demaio izinombolo ngeke zimangaze. UDkt. Sandro ubonakala esikisela ukuthi kufanele kubekwe imithetho eqinile ukuze kuncishiswe ukukhuphuka kwemfucuza kwentsha. Unxuse ikakhulukazi ukuthi kuqiniswe imingcele e-Australia uma kuzanywa ukuvikela intsha esidakamizweni esinobuthi.
UDkt. Sandro akabonakali enikeza isixazululo kuhulumeni yedwa kodwa nasezinkampanini ezikhiqizayo. Ngokusho kwe-CEO ye-VicHealth, ukupakishwa kwe- imikhiqizo yokuphefumula uma eyokuqala idayisa. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ayapakishwa futhi adayiswa ngezindlela eziheha intsha.
Ngamaqhinga anjalo okupakisha nokuthengisa, akunakwenzeka ukuthi intsha yehluleke ukuba imilutha yama-vapes. Ngakho-ke izinkampani kufanele zisebenzele kulokho kodwa ngesikhathi zilapho, uDkt. Sandro unxusa ukuthi kubuyekezwe amanani kagwayi we-elekthronikhi. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi njengamanje ayathengeka okwenza ukuthi afinyeleleke kalula entsheni.
Ukushaywa kwemithetho nguhulumeni kungathatha isikhathi esikhulu kangaka. Nokho, ukufundisa Osemncane abadala bangenziwa ngobusuku. Ngakho-ke, ngaphezu kwezixazululo ezinikezwe uDkt. Sandro Demaio, ochwepheshe kufanele babheke ekudaleni ukuqwashisa ngemithelela ye-vaping.
Kufanele futhi bavumele intsha eyimilutha ukuthi iqaphele enye indlela ephephile yokukhipha umphunga njengokuthatha ugwayi we-e-cigarette ofakwe ugwayi. Ngalokhu bazolawula imikhuba yabo yokushunqisa ngaphandle kokuchayeka kunoma yiziphi izingozi zezempilo ezihlobene nokukhipha umoya noma ukubhema besebancane futhi bebancane.
Iqiniso liyatshelwa, ngicabanga ukuthi uhulumeni wenze konke angakwenza ekulweni ne-vaping yentsha. Kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi kuningi uhulumeni angakwenza noma ngabe lokhu kusho ukushaywa kwemithetho eqinile noma ngaphezulu. Kodwa-ke, umphakathi udinga ukuqonda ukuthi impi yokulwa ne-vaping yabantu abadala akuyona ohulumeni bodwa. Wonke umuntu, kusukela kwabezomthetho kuya kwabadayisi kanye nabaqaphi baneqhaza okufanele balibambe uma sifuna ukuqeda le nhlekelele.
