Uhlu lwe-nicotine e-cigarette, noma olwaziwa ngokuthi ukukhala imikhiqizo, inxuswe ukuthi zithole imvume egcwele evela kwa-US Food and Drug Administration kanye neCenters for Tobacco Products, ngokusho kwesitatimende kwabezindaba esivela ku-Centre for Black Equality (CBE).
I-CBE ikholelwa ukuthi lesi sinyathelo sibalulekile ekubhekaneni nokunciphisa umonakalo omkhulu kanye negebe lokulingana kwezempilo elikhona ngenxa yezinqubomgomo zamanje zikagwayi ze-FDA. Baphikisa ngokuthi ukugunyaza imikhiqizo yokuphefumula kungazuzisa ikakhulukazi abantu abamnyama nabakwa-LGBTQ+, abathintwe ngokungafaniyo imiphumela emibi yezempilo yokubhema, njengomdlavuza.
Ukuphusha kwe-CBE kokugunyazwa okubanzi kokulawula kwama-vape kuhlanganisa ukunambithekile imikhiqizo yokuphefumula. Lolu cingo luqondane nokukhishwa kombiko wezomnotho ka-Robert J. Shapiro, owayengunobhala ongaphansi wezohwebo ezindabeni zezomnotho kanye nomeluleki wowayengoMongameli uClinton, Obama, kanye no-Biden. Ngokokuqala ngqa, lo mbiko ulinganisa izinzuzo zokusuka ekubhemeni uye ku-vaping ngokuya ngezimpilo ezisindisiwe, izinzuzo zezomnotho, kanye nezindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezincishisiwe.
Umbiko kaShapiro uveza ukuthi phakathi kuka-2010 no-2022, ukusuka ekubhemeni kuye ekushiseni kusindise izimpilo eziyi-113,000, kwalondoloza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-137 ku-GDP, futhi konga u-$39 wezigidigidi ezindlekweni zokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ukutholakala kwama-vapes kuphinde kwaholela ekwehleni kwabantu ababhemayo abayizigidi eziyi-6.1 e-US phakathi naleso sikhathi.
U-Earl Fowlkes, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-CBE, ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokugqugquzela imizamo enengqondo yokunciphisa ukulimala emiphakathini yabaNsundu kanye ne-LGBTQ+. U-Fowlkes uthe uma abaphathi be-Biden kanye ne-FDA bebeka kuqala ukulingana kwezempilo kanye nokunciphisa ukulimala, ukugunyazwa okubanzi kwemikhiqizo ephunga elimnandi kuyadingeka. Baphikisa ngokuthi kuzosindisa izimpilo, kunciphise izinga lokubhema, futhi kube nenqubekelaphambili ebalulekile ekwehliseni izinga lomdlavuza ovinjelwayo kubantu abasengozini.
Umbiko ka-Shapiro uphinde wahlaziya izincwadi ezikhona zemfundo nezokwelapha mayelana ne-vaping vs. ukubhema, eqinisekisa ukuthi ama-vape anephrofayili ephansi kakhulu yengozi futhi angasiza abantu ngabanye ukuba behlise noma bayeke ukubhema ngokuphelele.
Ngokuka-Shapiro, ukukhuthaza ababhemayo ukuthi bashintshele ku-vaping kuyindlela ephumelela kakhulu yokulwa nokufa okuhlobene nokubhema, okubulala abantu abangu-480,000 ngonyaka. Ugcizelele ukuthi i-vaping ngokwayo ayibangeli ukufa kwabantu.
U-Shapiro ucele i-Center for Tobacco Products ukuthi iveze obala kubantu ababhemayo baseMelika, ikakhulukazi labo abasemiphakathini yabaNsundu kanye ne-LGBTQ+ enamazinga aphezulu okubhema. Ubanxuse ukuthi bakhulume ngezinzuzo ezinkulu zezempilo zokusuka ekubhemeni uye ekubhemeni. U-Shapiro ukholelwa ukuthi izinqubomgomo ze-FDA zesikhathi esizayo ngogwayi ne-nicotine kufanele zisekelwe ebufakazini besayensi obumisiwe mayelana nezingozi ezihlobene nama-vapes ngokumelene nogwayi kanye nokuba wusizo kwe-vaping ukuyeka ukubhema noma ukunciphisa.
Mayelana nomthelela we-vape entsheni
Lo mbiko uphinde wakhuluma ngokukhathazeka ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ubhubhane lwe-vaping yentsha,” bephikisana ngokuthi le ndaba ayinasisekelo. U-Shapiro uveze ukuthi idatha ye-CDC ikhombisa ukwehla okukhulu kwe-vaping yentsha eminyakeni yamuva nje, ibuyela emazingeni ka-2014 nangaphansi kwenani eliphakeme lika-2019. Uphawule ukuthi iningi Osemncane abantu abasebenzisa i-vape benza njalo ngokungajwayelekile noma ngezikhathi ezithile ngaphandle kokuncika ku-nicotine.
U-Fowlkes uphethe ngokuthi i-FDA kanye Nesikhungo Semikhiqizo Kagwayi banesibopho sokulandela ubufakazi besayensi, ukusekela ukuncishiswa kokulimala kanye nokulingana kwezempilo, kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili uhlelo lukaMongameli Biden lweCancer Moonshot.
Ukholelwa ukuthi i-FDA kufanele ivume izinzuzo ezisekelwe ebufakazini zokusuka ekubhemeni uye ekushiseni futhi ifundise ngenkuthalo abamnyama, i-LGBTQ+, nabanye ababhemayo ngalezi zinzuzo. Ukwehluleka ukugunyaza inhlobonhlobo yemikhiqizo eshisayo kungaba ukwehluleka kwesibopho sezempilo yomphakathi se-FDA kubantu abamagange ukuyeka ukubhema besebenzisa indlela esebenzayo.
