UBrian King, umqondisi omusha we-FDA Center for Tobacco Products, usesuse ingxoxo eyimpikiswano emayelana nokuphepha kwe-vape. Engxoxweni ye-AP, wabelane ngemizwa yokusekela vaping phezu kokubhema. UBrian washeshe waveza ukuthi kube nombono oyiphutha emphakathini wokuthi i-vaping iyingozi njengokubhema. Uthe umbono oyiphutha “awuhambisani nesayensi eyaziwayo,” futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-vaping “iyingozi encane kakhulu.” I-vaping iphephe kakhulu kunokubhema. Noma inegunya kanye nomsebenzi wayo wokuqwashisa umphakathi ngendlela efanele, uBrian uzwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi le nhlangano ayinazo izinhlelo zokulungisa lo mbono oyiphutha ozayo.
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I-Teen Vaping Scare
Kule minyaka embalwa edlule, kube khona ukwesaba mayelana "ukwandisa" ukuziphatha kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha. Ukwesaba akungabazeki ukuthi akulingani. Ngokwezibalo, ukubhema kanye ne-vaping kwehlile kusukela ngo-2019 (kusuka ku-7% kuya ku-5.5% kanye nama-28.7% kuya ku-17.4%, ngokulandelana). Lokhu kuza ngisho ngaphandle kwesinyathelo senqubomgomo sikahulumeni waseMaine sokuvala i-vaping. Ngisho nalezi zibalo, i-ejensi isakhuthaza ukuthi i-vaping ibuyisela ukwehla kokuziphatha kokubhema, ngakho-ke kufanele kuvinjwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kube nokwanda kokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi entsheni kusukela ku-11% kuya ku-14%, ukuphuza utshwala ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-13 kukhuphuke kusuka ku-23.8% kuya ku-25.6%, kanti ukubhema insangu ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-13 kukhuphuke kusuka ku-16.6% kuya ku-18.5%. Kusukela ezibalweni, ukwethuka kwe-vaping kuwumbono oyiphutha wamabomu, futhi ngokusobala, uhulumeni waseMaine unezinkinga ezicindezelayo ukuze avikele izizukulwane ezizayo.
Ulwazi olungaqondile lubhebhethekisa umbono oyiphutha womphakathi
Abagqugquzeli be-anti-vaping bavame ukubeka izihloko zezindaba ezinjengokuthi “Popcorn lung!” “Ubhubhane lwe-Vaping!” “Intsha engu-2 million.” Le mikhankaso ayibiki yonke indaba ngakho-ke ichemile. Bayehluleka ukubika ukuthi i-vaping yehlile eminyakeni embalwa edlule, futhi intsha e-vaping eyizigidi ezi-2 ihlanganisa nalabo abakwenze kanye. Futhi, ngeke bashicilele ukuthi u-4.9% wentsha evamise ukubhema ngabe ubhema.
Futhi, uma “abacwaningi bezempilo yomphakathi” bebekhathazeke kangaka ngempilo yomphakathi, kufanele bazise umphakathi ukuthi i-vaping ihlotshaniswa “nengozi engaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-39 ye-MI uma iqhathaniswa nogwayi ovamile” ngaphandle kokushiya iqiniso lokuthi ama-vaper uma kuqhathaniswa nama-“never-vapers” ayekade ebhema.
Sivotela uhambo lwango-2022
Ngomhla zingama-27 kuSepthemba 2022, i-CASAA yamemezela i-We Vape We Vote 2022 Tour! I-CASAA, okuyiMelika Abakhiqizi be-Vapor kanye ne-Americans for Tax Reform association, izobe ikhuthaza ukuthi wonke umuntu waseMelika unelungelo lokusebenzisa i-vaping ukuze ayeke ukubhema ugwayi. Ukuvinjelwa kwe-vaping kuzophuca abantu baseMelika ukuzimela. Ngokusho kwe-CASAA, izinqumo zezempilo ezibucayi kufanele zenziwe ngabantu, hhayi i-FDA, hhayi i-CDC, futhi hhayi ngamalungu alawulayo engqungquthela. Lolu hambo luhlose ukuhlanganisa abaholi kanye nabantu baseMelika ngethuluzi elinamandla lokunciphisa ukulimala kwababhemayo kulo lonke elase-US.
I-vaping ayiyona ingozi njengokubhema. I-FDA kufanele iqwashise umphakathi ngalokhu. Kunesidingo socwaningo olwengeziwe ngemiphumela yesikhathi eside ye-vaping, kodwa ebufakazini obutholakalayo, iphephile kunokubhema. Uhulumeni kufanele futhi aguqule ukugxila kwakhe ezindabeni ezicindezela kakhulu njengokubhema insangu nokuphuzwa kotshwala entsheni.
I-CASAA's, We Vape We Vote tour iyisinyathelo esibheke endleleni efanele yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu baseMelika bayakwazi ukuzimela ezinqumweni zabo zezempilo.
