The Ukubhema Izinga labantu abadala baseNew Zealand lehle lafinyelela ezingeni eliphansi kunanini ngaphambili, kubika i-New Zealand Herald, icaphuna idatha evela ocwaningweni olusha loMnyango Wezempilo. Inhlolovo iphinde yembula ukuthi umuntu omdala oyedwa kwabayi-10 wamaKiwi uvapa nsuku zonke, ngamanani aphezulu phakathi kwawo Osemncane abantu kanye namaMaori.
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Inhlolovo Yezempilo yaminyaka yonke yaseNew Zealand iqophe amaphesenti angu-6.8 abantu abadala njengababhemayo nsuku zonke, yehle isuka kumaphesenti angu-8.6 ngonyaka odlule. 37.7% kuya ku-17.1%.
I-vaping yansuku zonke phakathi kwabantu baseNew Zealand ikhuphuke isuka kumaphesenti angu-2.6 ngo-2017-2019 yaya kumaphesenti angu-9.7 kulo nyaka. Young abantu kungenzeka kakhulu bavape nsuku zonke (25.2) amaphesenti futhi Osemncane AmaMaori ayenamazinga aphezulu kakhulu (amaphesenti angu-23.5) phakathi kwezizwe ezihlukahlukene.
U-Letitia Harding, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, uchaze ukuphindwa kabili ukuphefumula kwansuku zonke phakathi kwentsha njengenkinga yezempilo yomphakathi. “Esikubonayo wubhubhane oludinga ukunakwa ngokushesha ukuze kubhekwane nezibalo ezishaqisayo,” ucashunwe esho.
I-Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), ngokuphambene, ituse i-vaping ukusiza ukwehlisa amazinga okubhema aseNew Zealand.
"Inhloso ye-New Zealand yokuvelela yokungabhemi ngo-2025 iyaqhubeka, nomthetho obanzi wokulawula ugwayi, ukungenelela okuhlosiwe, kanye nokugxila emikhiqizweni yokunciphisa ukulimala okudlala indima ebalulekile", kusho uMxhumanisi Omkhulu we-CAPHRA uNancy Loucas.
"Lokhu kushintshela emikhiqizweni ye-nicotine engayingozi kangako kuyingxenye ebalulekile yendlela yaseNew Zealand ehamba phambili yokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi", kusho uLoucas.
