I-Vaping yesikole
Othisha nabasebenzi besikole e-Australia bakhathazekile ngenani elikhulu labafundi ababanjwa beshutha ezikoleni. Ngokocwaningo olusanda kushicilelwa kuyi-Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health othisha, izisebenzi zesikole, kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza bahlaba umkhosi mayelana nokwanda kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi ngabafundi. Lezi zikole zikhathazekile ngomthelela ongase ube nawo le mikhiqizo empilweni yengqondo futhi ekugcineni ekusebenzeni kwabafundi abayisebenzisayo. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yothisha nabasebenzi besikole okukhulunywe nabo kulolu cwaningo bakholelwa ukuthi i-vaping esikoleni iholela ekushintsheni kwesiko lezikole.
Ngokocwaningo bangaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yothisha nabasebenzi besikole izikole zamabanga aphansi bathi banobufakazi okungenani be-vape eyodwa yabafundi babo. Ingxenye eyodwa kwezine yalokhu ithe lo mkhuba unyukile kule minyaka emibili edlule.
Kodwa-ke, uSolwazi Simone Pettigrew we-George Institute uthi kuncane okwaziwayo ngezingane zesikole samabanga aphansi ezisebenzisa imikhiqizo yomusi ezweni. Lokhu kwenzeka nakuba kunobufakazi obuningi obubonisa ukuthi izingane zesikole samabanga aphansi zifutha kwamanye amazwe. Wathi:
"Okuningi esikwaziyo mayelana ne-vaping yabafundi kuvela ocwaningweni olwenziwa ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu e-United States."
Ukholelwa ukuthi i-Australia isendleleni engalungile njengoba ucwaningo luveza ukuthi kunomkhuba wokuthi izingane zesikole samabanga aphansi ukuthatha i-vaping. Ufuna lo mkhuba uphonswe phansi ukuze kuvinjelwe noma yikuphi ukulimala kwezingane esikhathini esizayo.
Ocwaningweni othisha besikole abayi-196 kanye nabasebenzi bacelwe ukuthi baqedele inhlolovo ye-inthanethi mayelana nokuziphatha kofuphofu kwabafundi abakubonile. Ama-57% alaba abaphendulile avela eSouth Wales noma e-Victoria kanti ama-28% ayevela ezikoleni ezingaphandle kwezindawo zamadolobha amakhulu. Ama-42% ngabasebenzi basezikoleni zamabanga aphansi kanti ama-37% abevela ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu, asele ngawamabanga aphansi ahlanganisiwe izikole zasesekondari.
Imiphumela evela ocwaningweni ibonise ukuthi u-51% wabaphenduli bavumile ukuthi kunokwenyuka kwe-vaping phakathi kwabafundi babo eminyakeni emibili edlule. Lokhu kungaphinde kuhlukaniswe kabili: ama-27% abevela ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi kanti ama-72% abevela ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi ukunyuka kwe-vaping bekuphezulu kakhulu ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu nakuba isibalo esikhulu esikhathazayo sabafundi basezikoleni zamabanga aphansi nabo besaqala lo mkhuba.
Ngokukaprofesa uPettigrew, izingane zesikole samabanga aphansi zazivame ukweba ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ekhaya noma ziboleke ingane yakubo endala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, intsha esekhulile ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu yathola omunye umuntu buy bona noma bazithole kubangani abaneminyaka engu-18 noma ngaphezulu. Abanye baze bathenga imikhiqizo ku-inthanethi ngokwenza sengathi badala.
Inkinga ngokunyuka kwe-vaping ukuthi izikole eziningi azinayo inqubomgomo ye-vaping futhi eziningi zalezi zikole azinikezi imfundo yokuvimbela i-vaping kubafundi bazo. Ngokocwaningo, ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kuphela yabaphendulile ibike ukuthi izikole zabo zinenqubomgomo ye-vaping noma zibambe iqhaza ekufundiseni abafundi ngobungozi bokuphefumula.
USolwazi Pettigrew ukholelwa ukuthi inkinga enkulu ukuthi: "Abafundi abaningi base-Australia bangakwazi ukufinyelela kalula ku-e-cigarettes nokuthi i-vaping ezikoleni iyanda kakhulu, kuhlanganise nezikole zamabanga aphansi."
Uphakamisa ukuthi ukuxazulula inkinga abasebenzi besikole badinga ukwesekwa okwengeziwe ukusiza abafundi bagweme ukuthatha vaping. Lokhu kuzosiza ekuvimbeleni umthelela oyingozi wokusebenzisa leyo mikhiqizo.
