“Intsha yase-Australia vaping kanye nokusebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula engekho emthethweni sekuba yinkinga enkulu manje” kusho u-A/Prof Becky Freeman, uDkt. Christina Watts, kanye no-Sam Egger ocwaningweni olusha olulandelele izinkolelo nokuziphatha kwentsha yase-Aussie. Umbiko oshicilelwe uqinisekisa kuphela okutholwe yi-documentary esanda kusakazwa i-Four Corners ku-ABC TV, lapho abazali nezikole bezwakalise ukukhathazeka okujulile ngokunyuka okumangalisayo kwe-Four Corners. ukuziphatha okuhuquzelayo kanye nokwanda kwamacala okulutheka phakathi kwentsha.
Isibuyekezo, kube nolwazi olulinganiselwe oluhlobene ne-Australian teen vaping. Kodwa-ke, lo mbiko, oshicilelwe ku-Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, uvule amehlo mayelana nezinkolelo, izimo zengqondo, nokuziphatha kwentsha efufusayo hhayi e-Australia kuphela kodwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Okuqukethwe
Kuvamise kangakanani ukuhwamuka phakathi kwentsha?
Ngemva kokuhlola intsha engama-700 phakathi kweminyaka engu-14 nengu-17 evela eNew South Wales, akunakuphikwa ukuthi ukufinyelela nokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi phakathi kwentsha nabangabhemi kusezingeni eliphezulu. Ngokusho kocwaningo, u-32% wentsha eyahlolwa ike yaqhuma. Kulabo aba-vaped, ama-52% ayengabhemi noma ayengakaze abheme. Ngaphezu kwesigamu sayo yonke intsha e-vaping e-Australia ayizange ibe nezinkinga zokubhema ngaphambi kokuba iqale ukufutha.
Intsha iyithathaphi i-vape?
Futhi, ngokombiko wocwaningo, u-70% wentsha eshisayo ayizange ithenge ama-vape ngokwawo. U-80% wabo uthole eyodwa kubangani bawo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-30% athenge ngokuqondile i-vape, okuthi ama-49% awo athengwe kubangani, kanti ama-31% athengwa kubagwayi. izitolo, namagalaji kaphethiloli. Ukuthenga ku-inthanethi nakho kuvamile.
Yimiphi imikhiqizo ye-vape esetshenziswa yintsha?
I-86% yentsha eshisayo evela ekusetshenzisweni kwenhlolovo imiphunga elahlwayo lokho kubiza cishe ama- $20- $30. Ziphinde zifinyeleleke kalula ngezitolo eziku-inthanethi ngemali ephansi njenge-$5. Ngokuvamile, ama-vapes afika nawo i-e-liquid enongiwe, okukhanga kakhulu futhi okumnandi entsheni. Kaningi kunalokho, imiphunga elahlwayo aqukethe amazinga aphezulu e-nicotine, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi enziwe kusetshenziswa usawoti we-nicotine esikhundleni se-nicotine esekelwe mahhala, okuvumela abakhiqizi be-vape ukwandisa inani le-nicotine ngaphandle kokubangela ukucasuka komphimbo.
Ocwaningweni, u-53% wentsha eshisayo ithe isebenzise i-vape equkethe izakhi ze-nicotine, kuyilapho u-27% engenasiqiniseko sokuthi ike yayisebenzisa yini i-vape ene-nicotine. Ngokomthetho, konke imikhiqizo yokukhipha umphunga akufanele ithengiselwe abantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-18, ngisho nalabo abangenayo i-nicotine. Imiphunga elahlwayo equkethe i-nicotine ingathengiswa kuphela kubantu abadala (ngencwadi kadokotela) ngamakhemisi.
Ingabe kufanele siqede ukungeniswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vape engekho emthethweni?
Kunjalo, ukubuyisela emuva ukwamukelwa ngokushesha kokuziphatha kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha kudinga imfundo kanye nesenzo senqubomgomo esiqinile, okuhlanganisa nenani eliphelele. ukuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe ngokungemthetho kanye nokudayiswa kwemikhiqizo yokufutha. Imikhankaso yezemfundo iyodwa ayikwazi ukusiza ukubhekana nenkinga yamanje ye-vaping. Imininingwane yocwaningo ibonisa ukuthi i-vaping idala imiphumela emibi yezempilo, okuhlanganisa ubuthi, ukulutheka, ukulimala kwamaphaphu, ukusha, kanye nobuthi. Eqinisweni, abantu abasebenzisa i-vape banamathuba aphindwe ka-3 okuba babheme kunalabo abangabhemi.
Asikho isixazululo esisodwa senkinga yokushunqika kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha. Umzamo wezinhlangothi eziningi nohlangene obandakanya bonke ababambiqhaza ababalulekile, okuhlanganisa abazali, izikole, uhulumeni, nezigungu zezempilo ziyadingeka. Okutholwe ocwaningweni kufanele futhi kusebenze njengokubizela esenzweni kubantu ngabanye namaqembu athintekayo ukuze basize ekuqedeni ukungeniswa nokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping engekho emthethweni e-Australia.
