Kulandela umncintiswano wokuklama iphosta kagwayi ne-vape entwasahlobo edlule, owinile wokugcina wabungazwa iSifunda Sesikole Esihlanganisiwe sase-Yuba City ngokukhweza iphosta ebhodini eliseduze ne-Grey Avenue e-Yuba City.
U-Nava Kamboj, osanda kungena e-River Valley High School, ulayishe iphosta yakhe ye-anti-vape ngenkathi esabhalisa e-Andros Karperos School yaseYuba City. Zonke izikole esifundeni zacelwa ukuba zilethe umklamo, futhi imiqondo evelele yaguqulwa yaba amaphosta omphakathi. Ophumelele kakhulu ubenelungelo lokuthi umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko ufakwe ebhodini lokukhangisa ukuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi nokubhema.
Idizayini ye-Kamboj iqukethe izimbali ezimise okwepheya lamaphaphu, kanti olunye uhlangothi luqhakaza enye ivutha. Uthole ugqozi lokuklama iphosta ezingozini ezinkulu ze vaping noma ukubhema enhlalakahleni yomuntu.
"Bengicabanga ukuthi lesi sihloko sinqanda ukufutheka, kanye namaphaphu, uhlangothi olulodwa lushile, lushile, futhi lonke lufile ngenxa yokubhema, kanti olunye lunomdlandla," kusho uKamboj.
Njengoba kubika i-Tobacco-Related Disease Research Programme, nakuba ukubhema ugwayi phakathi kwentsha kwehle kakhulu, ukwanda kwama-vapes nogwayi we-electronic kuye kwabangela igagasi elisha lokusebenzisa ugwayi entsheni.
Ucwaningo olwenziwe yiNational Institutes of Health luveze ukuthi amazinga e-vaping phakathi kwentsha afinyelela ku-16% ngo-2021, acishe aphindeka kathathu kusukela ngo-2017.
U-Kamboj ukhethe ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni wamaphosta wesifunda sonke njengoba ethanda ukudweba. Nakuba engazibheki njengeciko, uKamboj unomuzwa wokuthi amakhono akhe obuciko “makhulu kunawomuntu ovamile.”
U-Kamboj uthe ubengalindele ukuqeda kuqala esikoleni sakhe noma njengompetha besifunda. Uqale umzamo wakhe ngo-Ephreli futhi waziswa ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko uzokhonjiswa kuGrey Avenue.
“Ngamangala ukuthi ngaze ngathola indawo yokuqala esikoleni, ngakho ukungena ebhodini elikhulu kakhulu,” kusho uKamboj.
Umncintiswano wephosta wadalelwa ukunqanda ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi phakathi kwentsha, ngemibono evela kontanga yayo ngokuqondile. Ngokusho kwabahleli bephrojekthi, iphrojekthi yakhelwe ukufinyelela izingane kusetshenziswa amazwi abafundi.
U-Kamboj ugcizelela ukuthi izinhlelo ezinjengalezi zibalulekile ekuthuthukiseni impilo nokuphila kahle phakathi kwabafundi abangase bangaqapheli ubungozi obuhlobene nokubhema kanye ne-vaping.
“Ngikholelwa ukuthi kubalulekile ukudlulisa lo mlayezo ngoba ngikholelwa ukuthi abantu abaningi, ikakhulukazi intsha, abayicabangi imiphumela yesikhathi eside yezenzo zabo” (ukubhema). Bacabanga nje okwenzekayo njengamanje. “Bamane bafuna ukunciphisa ukucindezeleka, futhi abacabangi ngemiphumela yesikhathi eside,” echaza.
Ngokusho kwezikhulu zoHlelo Lokucwaninga Ngezifo Ezihlobene Nogwayi, ukuvimbela abantu abasha ekubhemeni ugwayi we-electronic noma ugwayi we-menthol ukukhathazeka ngokulingana kwezempilo okuhlala njalo njengoba abantu abaningi ababhemayo asebekhulile beqala ukudla imikhiqizo kagwayi phakathi neminyaka yabo yobusha.
Ngokuka-Jennifer Cates, umqondisi wokusebenzelana kwabafundi besifunda sase-Yuba City Unified School District, ibhodi lokukhangisa lika-Kamboj elivimbela ukuhwamuka lizohlala kuGrey Avenue kuze kube maphakathi no-November. Uveze ukuthi isifunda sinethemba lokuthi sizophinde sibambe umqhudelwano wokuklama amaphosta ngokuhamba konyaka.
