UMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zezempilo eWisconsin wethula imikhankaso yokusiza intsha esifundazweni ukuthi iphile i-vape mahhala. I-vaping yentsha iyanda ezweni lonke. Esifundeni, inani lentsha esebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula ibikhula eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Imiphumela ye-2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey ikhombise cishe ingxenye yayo yonke intsha e-Wisconsin yayisivele izame i-vaping. Lezi zibalo ziphezulu kakhulu ukuthi zinganakwa. Abaningi ababambiqhaza sebekhathazekile ngokuthi uma kungenziwa lutho lokhu kungase kube inkinga enkulu maduze.
Uhulumeni waseWisconsin uyaqaphela ukuthi iningi lamacala okusebenzisa ugwayi aqala ebusheni. Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi uma umuntu efinyelela eminyakeni engu-26 ngaphambi kokuba aqale ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo kagwayi maningi amathuba okuthi lowo muntu akasoze ayisebenzisa leyo mikhiqizo. Kungakho uhulumeni waseWisconsin enze uhlelo lwentsha oluqinile ukusiza ukugcina imikhiqizo kagwayi kufaka phakathi ama-vapes engafinyeleleki entsheni kanye Osemncane abantu abadala.
Uhulumeni waseWisconsin ngoMnyango Wezempilo manje ufuna ukuqeda ukukhuphuka kwe-vaping kwentsha esifundazweni. Phakathi kwezinyathelo eziningi, uhulumeni wezwe azicabangelayo ukuhlinzeka ngezinsiza entsheni ukubasiza benze izinqumo ezifanele uma kuziwa emikhiqizweni kagwayi. Uhulumeni umemezele ukuthi uzokwethula imikhankaso yabezindaba eqondise intsha. Inhloso enkulu yale mikhankaso ukufundisa intsha ngezinzuzo zokuhlala ngaphandle kwe-vape. Lo mkhankaso uzophinde ubandakanye ukuhlinzeka ngezinsiza zamahhala entsheni nakubanakekeli bayo ukuze ibasize bagweme ukuhwamuka.
Njengengxenye yomzamo wokusiza intsha kanye nabantu abadala ukuba bayeke ukufutha, uhulumeni ufuna labo abayimilutha yemikhiqizo eshisayo bathumele igama elithi “VAPEFREE” enombolweni yamahhala ethi 873373. Lapha abantu bazothola usizo lwamahhala ngoHlelo Lwe-Live Vape Free. Lolu hlelo luklanyelwe ukunikeza intsha kanye Osemncane abantu abadala bafinyelela izinsiza ezisebenzisanayo ezihloselwe ukubasiza bahlale bekhuthazekile futhi bezimisele ukuyeka ukushushuluza. Ngalolu hlelo, intsha ingakwazi ukufinyelela ukuqeqeshwa bukhoma kochwepheshe bemikhiqizo kagwayi, imidlalo nolunye ulwazi oluklanyelwe ukusiza intsha ifunde kabanzi mayelana ne-vaping futhi iwuyeke lo mkhuba.
Ngaphandle kwentsha, iLive Vape Free Programme nayo yakhelwe abantu abadala abafuna ukusiza Osemncane abantu bayayeka ukufutha. Abantu abadala bathola izifundo ze-inthanethi zamahhala zokubahlomisa ngamakhono afanele ukusiza intsha. Lesi sifundo samahhala singafinyelelwa lapha: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/vapefree.
Ngokwesitatimende esisemthethweni soMnyango Wezempilo Wesifunda sase-Fond du Lac, imikhiqizo eminingi yesimanje yokulethwa kwe-nicotine yakhelwe ukuthi ibukeke yehluke kakhulu kugwayi wendabuko. Imikhiqizo eminingi yokushunqisa kanye nemikhiqizo kagwayi ongenantuthu ibukeka njengamapeni, izinti zokukhumbula ikhompyutha ngisho namaswidi. Aphinde apakishwe emaphaketheni akhangayo angenasexwayiso mayelana nokuqukethwe kwawo. Lokhu kuyingozi futhi kuyakhohlisa futhi kungalimaza izingane kanye nentsha. Ngakho-ke uhulumeni kufanele enze okwengeziwe ukuvikela izingane kule mikhiqizo.
