Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva lukazwelonke, ukuphefumula kwe-nicotine yaba yinto esetshenziswa kakhulu yintsha yaseMelika. I-Monitoring the Future, ucwaningo lukazwelonke lwesikhathi eside olwaluholwa umcwaningi waseNyuvesi yaseMichigan luthole ukuthi eminyakeni emine edlule, ukusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine vapes kubafundi bebanga lesishiyagalombili kukhuphuke ngokushesha kwadlula kokubili insangu notshwala ukuze kube kakhulu. izinto ezisetshenziswa yiqembu lobudala.
NgokukaRichard Miech, umcwaningi ohamba phambili wamanje, ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1975 lapho kuqala i-Monitoring the Future Study ephenya ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kubantu baseMelika, ama-vape e-nicotine ayizinto ezisetshenziswa kakhulu phakathi kwabafundi bebanga lesi-8 ezweni. Okutholwe yilolu cwaningo lwango-2022 kukhombisa ukuthi u-7% wabafundi bebanga lesi-8 ezweni babenevapes ye-nicotine ezinsukwini ezingama-30 zokugcina zocwaningo. Lokhu kuphakeme kunanoma iyiphi enye into njengoba utshwala buphuma endaweni yesibili ku-6% kanye ne-cannabis 3rd ngo-5%.
Uphawu lokuqala lokunyuka kokusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo yokushunqisa phakathi kwentsha ezweni lubonwe emiphumeleni yango-2021. Ngo-2021 isibalo sabafundi bebanga le-10 abasebenzisa utshwala sasilingana nalabo abasebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula. Kepha imiphumela yango-2022 ikhombise isithombe esehlukile. Ngonyaka, u-14% wabafundi bebanga le-10 ezweni babike ukuthi basebenzise ama-vape e-nicotine phakathi nezinsuku ezingu-30 ezedlule kanti bangu-13.6% kuphela abasebenzise utshwala ngesikhathi esifanayo. Umphumela ofanayo uveze ukuthi bangu-12% kuphela abafundi bebanga leshumi kuleli abasebenzisa insangu. Ngokuka-Miech, kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi abafundi bebanga lesi-10 nele-8 bashaye zonke ezinye izidakamizwa ezweni.
Kodwa imiphumela yabafundi bebanga le-12 ibihlukile. Kuleli qembu, utshwala buhlala buyinto esetshenziswa kakhulu. Lokhu akukashintshi kusukela kwaqala ucwaningo lwe-Monitoring the Future cishe eminyakeni engama-48 edlule.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ama-Nicotine vapes ayingxenye entsha yezinto ezigadwayo ezengezwe ocwaningweni cishe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngo-2017. Kodwa-ke, olunye ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi i-nicotine vaping phakathi kwentsha yaseMelika inyuke kakhulu ngo-2018. Lokhu kubonakale ocwaningweni lwamanje njengokusetshenziswa yale mikhiqizo phakathi kokuya esikoleni Osemncane Abantu baseMelika baphumelele emiphumeleni ka-2018 nango-2019.
UJoneigh Khaldum, owayeyiChief Medical Executive yaseMichigan ngo-2019 wamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo sezempilo yomphakathi ngenxa yokwanda kwe-vaping entsheni esifundazweni. Ngaleso sikhathi, uKhaldum wakhipha imithetho eminingi yezimo eziphuthumayo eyayivimbela abathengisi ukuthi bathengise imikhiqizo ephunga elimnandi. Ngemuva kwalesi sinyathelo sokuphatha kukaGov. Gretchen Whitmer, uhulumeni waluthatha lolu daba uMongameli uDonald Trump ememezela izinyathelo ezimbalwa zokusiza ukunqanda ukukhuphuka kwentsha ezweni.
Ngenxa yezinyathelo zohulumeni kanye nemikhawulo yango-2020 ye-COVID-19 kube nokwehla okukhulu kwe-nicotine vaping phakathi kwentsha ngo-2020 no-2021. Kodwa lokhu kwaba njalo nakwezinye izinto ezifana notshwala nensangu.
Ngokusho kukaMiech ukwehla kwentsha ekhuphukayo eminyakeni eyalandela ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kwenzeka kuphela ngoba iningi lentsha belifunda isikole kude. Uthi izikole ziba yingozi enkulu ekusetshenzisweni kwezidakamizwa entsheni. Esikoleni, abafundi abancane bangabangane abakhulu nabantu abadala abasebenzisa lezi zinto. Ngaleyo ndlela abafundi abadala bakhuthaza abasebancane ukuba nabo bazame izinto ezisetshenziswayo. Lokhu kuholela ekubeni umlutha ngokushesha.
