“Amaqiniso afufusayo asatshalaliswa e-Australia awukusetshenziswa kabi kabi kwezimali zomphakathi okufanele kugxilwe ekuthuthukiseni uhlelo lwezempilo lwase-Australia,” kusho uNancy Loucas, umxhumanisi omkhulu weCoalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).
Ukuphawula kwakhe kuza ephendula izinsongo zikahulumeni waseNew South Wales ezibhekiswe kubathengisi abathobela umthetho mayelana amadivaysi e-vaping kanye nokwesekwa kwayo okuqhubekayo "komkhankaso wemfundo" ohlangene ohlanganisa u-$300,000 ozungeze ukuqhuma eduze koMnyango wezeMfundo.
Ingqikithi yohlelo ithi "Thola Amaqiniso" - I-Vaping Toolkit" eqondiswe kubazali, abafundisi, kanye nentsha. Naphezu kwezithembiso zeSikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezempilo uDkt. Marianne Gale, i-CAPHRA ithi le sizindalwazi kufanele yehliswe kuyilapho izimpikiswano zayo eziningi zihlolwa ngokuzimela ngoba azinikezi “izinsiza ezisekelwe ebufakazini nezinto zokufundisa.”
“Lawa maqiniso asolwayo mayelana ne-vaping, empeleni, akhuphukile kakhulu, futhi, okubi kakhulu, awanaso isisekelo sesayensi. Noma yiziphi izimangalo zezempilo ezenziwe kuwebhusayithi kahulumeni kufanele zibe nokuzethemba okuphelele komphakathi wase-Australia, zombili Osemncane futhi endala. Ngokudabukisayo, lo mkhankaso umelela kabi iqiniso. Kunalokho, imbozwe ngamanga aluhlaza,” kusho uNksz Loucas.
'Kunombono oyiphutha wokuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi awunayo nhlobo ingozi noma unobungozi obuncane kunogwayi, okungamanga,' kusho uDkt. Gale ephawula okucasule abalandeli be-Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) kulo lonke elase-Asia nasePacific.
“Sinesimo lapho isikhulu sezempilo e-Australia seluleka umphakathi ngokusobala ukuthi ukufutha akuyona ingozi encane kunokubhema. Ucwaningo lwamazwe ngamazwe luyakuphikisa lokho. Abantu base-Australia bayaqhubeka nokuthola iseluleko esibizayo kodwa esingasizi ngalutho nakuba engakwazi ukunikeza nobufakazi obubodwa ukusekela ukugomela kwakhe. Kuyihlazo impela,” usho kanje.
Ngokusho kweCAPHRA, abantu base-Australia kufanele baye eNew Zealand, etholakala ngaphesheya koLwandle iTasman, ukuze bathole iqiniso. Lapho, I-nicotine vaping iyatholakala kubantu abadala ngenxa yemithetho ka-2020 yezitolo nezinkampani, nababhemayo abazama ukuyeka ugwayi. akudingekile ukuba uthole incwadi kadokotela njengoba kudingeka abantu base-Australia.
“Ababhemayo abayizigidi ezingu-2.3 e-Australia, ngaphezu kwabase-Australia abangu-20,000 XNUMX abafa minyaka yonke ngenxa yokugula okuhlobene nokubhema, bayehluleka ngenxa yemfuneko yencwadi kadokotela. Lilonke izinga lababhemayo e-Australia alikashintshi kangako eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, kuyilapho liye lehla ngesigamu eNew Zealand, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi ababhemayo be-Kiwi bathole indlela enengqondo yokuthatha indawo esikhundleni esingeyona ingozi kakhulu,” kusho uNksz. Loucas.
I-CAPHRA icaphuna ingosi yoMnyango Wezempilo waseNew Zealand ethi “Vaping Facts” enomugqa othi “I-Vaping iyingozi encane kunokubhema.”
“INew Zealand ithembekile emphakathini, futhi ngenxa yalokho, izwe selisendleleni yokufinyelela ku-Smokefree 2025, okusho ukuthi kwehliswe ukubhema kube ngamaphesenti amahlanu noma ngaphansi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izikhulu zezempilo zase-Australia ziyaqhubeka nokwenqabela ukufinyelela kwezitolo zabantu abadala ngenkathi zisebenzisa imali eningi zisakaza imininingwane engamanga maqondana ne-vaping.
NgokukaNancy Loucas, isu lase-Australia lokwelapha liyehluleka ngokuphelele. Inhloso yase-Australia yokunciphisa ukubhema ngo-10% iba nzima kakhulu ukuhlangabezana nayo esikhathini esizayo esiseduze ngenxa yezinsongo eziqhubekayo kanye nolwazi olungaqondile mayelana nogwayi we-elekthronikhi. Badinga uhlelo olusha lokuqeda ugwayi ngoba lolu olukhona ngokusobala alusebenzi.
