Udokotela wamaphaphu ophambili waseNingizimu Afrika usegunyaze uhulumeni ukuthi acabangele ukulawula vaping ezweni. USolwazi uRichard Van Zyl-Smit usanda kwenza ucwaningo lokuthola izitayela ze-vaping phakathi kwe ubusha. Ukusebenzisa abafundi bebanga le-12 imiphumela yocwaningo ibithusa. Ngokocwaningo oyedwa kumabanga amane, abafundi abangu-12 babesebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula. Lokhu uthi kuwumkhuba oyingozi njengoba kuboniswe ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-vaping ilimaza abasebenzisi. Uphinde akholelwe ukuthi umthelela wokuthathwa kwalo mkhiqizo kusenesikhathi kungenzeka ube nemiphumela eyingozi.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma noJohn Maytham ku-CapeTalk, uSolwazi Van Zyl-Smit uveze ukuthi ucwaningo lwakhe luphinde lwathola ukuthi abafundi abathathu kwabayishumi baphefumula ngehora lokuqala bevuka futhi cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine basebenzisa imikhiqizo abayithandayo nsuku zonke. Lona umkhuba oyingozi njengoba abafundi bebanga le-10 baya ngokuya benyuka besebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula kodwa ukusebenzisa kwabo le mikhiqizo kushube kakhulu. Lokhu kuwuphawu lokulutheka futhi kungasho izinkinga eziningi esikhathini esizayo kubafundi abasebenzisa le mikhiqizo. Ezinye izifundo eziningi ezenziwa e-US nase-EU zibonise ukuthi imikhiqizo yokuphefumula inomthelela ofanayo oyingozi njengokubhema ugwayi. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukufufusa kakhulu njengoba kwenza laba bafundi kungaba nemithelela egqama kakhulu.
USolwazi Van Zyl-Smit uqhube waveza ukuthi baningi abafundi basesikoleni samabanga aphezulu ababhemayo kunabake babhema ugwayi. Uthi lokhu ngolunye uphawu oluyingozi okumele uhulumeni alulungise ngokushesha. Nakuba imikhiqizo yokuphefumula iklanyelwe ukusiza imilutha ebhemayo ukuba iyeke, iba abadali benkinga. Okuningi Osemncane abantu basebenzisa imikhiqizo ye-vaping kulapho beyimilutha ye-nicotine. Lokhu kwenza kube lula kubo ukuthi baphumelele ekubhemeni ugwayi inkinga ehlukahlukene lemikhiqizo edalelwe ukuyixazulula. Kungakho uhulumeni kudingeka athathe izinyathelo eziphuthumayo ukuze avikele izizukulwane ezisencane kule mikhiqizo eyingozi.
Ngesikhathi kubhekwa imbangela yokukhula kwenkinga ye-vaping, ucwaningo luveze ukuthi ingcindezi yimbangela enkulu yokuqubuka kwemfucuza ezikoleni zaseNingizimu Afrika. Ngokusho kukaSolwazi van Zyl-Smit, abafundi abaningi bangaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yokuzama ukushunqisa umphunga ezikoleni. Lokhu kukodwa kunomthelela omkhulu enkingeni ekhulayo ye-vaping ezweni. Nokho, kungase kube nezinye izinto eziningi ezibangela ukucindezeleka ezithumela abaningi Osemncane abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi baqale ukufutha besebancane. Lena indawo okumele iphinde iphenywe ukuze kunqandwe inkinga yokushunqisa umphunga ezweni.
USolwazi Van Zyl-Smit ukholelwa ukuthi inkinga ye-vaping entsheni esafunda idinga ukuxazululwa ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi kunobufakazi obunamandla obuhlobanisa ukuluthwa kwe-nicotine nobunzima bokufunda. Ngokusho kukaSolwazi Van Zyl-Smit ukushuba kwe-vaping ezinganeni zesikole samabanga aphezulu okuvezwe ucwaningo lwakhe kukhombisa ukuthi iningi labafundi liyizigqila ze-nicotine. Lokhu uthi kuyingozi ukwenzeka njengoba izifundo eziningi ezedlule ziveze ukuthi i-nicotine ilimaza ukukhula kokufunda. Ngakho-ke usolwazi ucela uhulumeni ukuthi athathe izinyathelo zokungenelela eziphuthumayo ukuze asize intsha yaseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi iyeke ukushushuluza.
