Ku-an ukukhala-isihloko esihlobene esishicilelwe ku-Addiction Magazine, u-Brian King, umqondisi we-US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), uhlola amathuba nokucatshangelwa kokwazisa abantu abadala ababhema ugwayi ngezingozi ezihlobene nemikhiqizo kagwayi, kuhlanganise nama-vapes.
Ukuhlaziya kugqamisa okutholwe inhlolovo yakamuva mayelana nemibono eyiphutha mayelana nokulimala komkhiqizo kagwayi, okuhlanganisa ugwayi nogwayi we-elekthronikhi . Ukuhlola kwathola ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angu-20 kuphela abantu abadala ababhemayo ugwayi bakholelwa ukuthi ama-vapes anamakhemikhali ayingozi ambalwa kunogwayi.
Nakuba ingekho imikhiqizo kagwayi ephephile, ubufakazi besayensi obukhona bubonisa ukuthi imikhiqizo kagwayi ikhona ngokuqhubekayo engozini, kanti ugwayi uyingozi kakhulu.
Ukuhlaziya kudingida isidingo sokuxhumana okucacile ngezingozi kubantu abadala ababhemayo, kuyilapho kuhloswe nokuvimbela ukuthwasa kwentsha; khuthaza ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwemithi yokwelapha egunyazwe yi-FDA; kanye nakubantu abadala ababhemayo nabasebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, gcizelela ukubaluleka kokushintshela ngokuphelele kuma-vapes.
I-athikili iphetha ngokugqamisa ukuzibophezela kwe-CTP ekusebenziseni amasu asekelwe ebufakazini ukwazisa abantu abadala ababhemayo ngezingozi nokukhuthaza ukuyeka. Lokhu kuhlanganisa nokuqinisekisa ukuthi imizamo yokuxhumana ifinyelela ngempumelelo abantu abahlukahlukene futhi ixazulule noma imiphi imibono eyiphutha noma ulwazi olunganembile.
Njengamanje, i-FDA isezigabeni zokuqala zomzamo wocwaningo wokuhlola imilayezo emayelana nokuqhubeka kwengozi yemikhiqizo kagwayi phakathi kwabantu abadala ababhemayo.
Inkulumo ye-vape ayipheli
Isihloko sikaBrian King sigcizelela ukubaluleka kokuhlinzeka ngolwazi olunembile noluphelele kubantu abadala ababhemayo mayelana nezingozi ezihlobene nemikhiqizo kagwayi, kuhlanganise nama-vapes. Umgomo uwukunikeza ababhemayo amandla okwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi ngempilo yabo futhi bakhuthaze ukuyeka ukubhema.
