Abantu baseSingapore baphendukela ku ukukhala futhi amazinga okubhema endabuko ehla. Lokho ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yi-Milieu Insight, kubika i-Straits Times.
Ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi masonto onke kwehle kusukela ku-avareji yama-72 ku-Q3 2021 kuya ku-56 ngo-Q4 2023. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukusetshenziswa kwe-vape nama-vaporizer kukhuphuke kusuka ku-3.9% kuya ku-5.2% wabantu ngesikhathi esifanayo.
I-Vape ne-Vaporizer Ukusetshenziswa Kwenyuka
Lo mkhuba, njengoba kuphawulwe yi-Milieu Insight, uhambisana nenani elikhulayo lababhemayo ngezikhathi ezithile, uma kuqhathaniswa nababhemayo abavamile kusukela ngo-Q2 2022. Inhlolovo eyenziwe phakathi kukaDisemba 16 no-29, 2023, yabonisa ababhemayo ngezikhathi ezithile bakhuphuke ukusuka ku-1.2% ukuya ku-3.2% kusukela ku-Q3 2021 kuya ku-Q4 2023, nokwenyuka okuphawulekayo kwababekade bebhema.
Naphezu kokuvinjelwa kwe vaporizer kanye ne-vape e-Singapore, abantu babike ukuthi basebenzisa le mikhiqizo ukuze banciphise ukuchayeka kwentuthu kagwayi futhi banciphise ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi wendabuko. I-World Health Organization, nokho, ayitusi le mikhiqizo yokuyeka ukubhema.
Ukusabela kulawa mathrendi, uMnyango Wezempilo wase-Singapore kanye Neziphathimandla Zesayensi Yezempilo bamemezele izinyathelo ezithuthukisiwe ngoDisemba 2023 ukuze kunqandwe ukukhuphuka kwemfucumfucu nokuvimbela ukusungulwa kwayo ezweni.