Uhulumeni ubelokhu ezama ukuthola izindlela zokuyekisa intsha ukuthi isebenzise imikhiqizo yomusi. Enye yezindlela uhulumeni azisebenzisile ukukhuphula intela emikhiqizweni ye-vaping. Inkinga ngalokhu ukuthi akwenzeki ukuphatha imikhuba ikakhulukazi uma lokho kuwumkhuba ojwayelekile ezigidini zabantu. Lokhu kwenzeka ikakhulukazi uma abantu abahilelekile kuyintsha ethanda ukubheka ezinye izindlela.
A isifundo esisha nguprofesa uMichael Pesko wase-Georgia State University kanye noProfesa Abigail Friedman waseYunivesithi yaseYale manje kubonisa ukuthi ukwenyuka kwezintela emikhiqizweni yokuphefumula kuye kwabangela intsha eningi ukuba ilahle ugwayi we-e-cigarette futhi esikhundleni salokho yamukele ukubhema ugwayi.
Uhlobo lwabo locwaningo lokuphenya umthelela wokunyuka kwentela kugwayi we-elekthronikhi kukho kokubili ukubhema nogwayi wendabuko phakathi Osemncane consumers (18-25). The results of the study showed that an increase in taxes on vaping products leads to a decrease in vaping. At the same time the decrease in vaping corresponded with an increase in smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes among young consumers.
"Ukwenyuka ngedola elilodwa kwezintela [ze-vaping] kubangele ukwehla okukhulu kwentsha yansuku zonke yokufufusa kanye nokwenyuka kokubhema kwakamuva," kusho ababhali bocwaningo.
Ngakho-ke, lolu cwaningo luphetha ngokuthi: “Izintela eziphezulu zezinhlelo zokulethwa kwe-nicotine zikagesi (ENDS) zihlotshaniswa nokuncipha kokusetshenziswa kwe-ENDS kodwa ukwanda kokubhema ugwayi kwabaneminyaka engu-18–25 ubudala.”
Lolu cwaningo lubonisa ukuthi izintela emikhiqizweni ye-vaping zinomthelela esikhundleni sabasebenzisi baka-e-cigarette. Ukwenyuka kwentengo yemikhiqizo ye-vaping ngenxa yokwenyuka kwezintela kuholela ekwehleni kokuthengiswa kwalowo mkhiqizo. Kodwa-ke, abathengi bemikhiqizo ye-vaping bashintshela kwenye etholakalayo eshibhile.
Iqiniso liwukuthi i-vaping isenemithelela eminingi engemihle yezempilo ehambisana nokubhema. Kodwa-ke, izifundo zakuqala zibonisa ukuthi ububi obuncane balokhu okubili. Isibonelo, imikhiqizo ye-vaping ayikhiqizi intuthu. Yile ntuthu kagwayi wesintu ehambisana nomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Ngokufaka umoya esikhundleni sokubhema ugwayi, umuntu ususa ingozi yokuba nomdlavuza wamaphaphu. Abacwaningi bezempilo bayalinganisela ukuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uphephe ngo-95% uma uqhathaniswa nogwayi wendabuko.
The takeaway from this study is that the government’s good intention is now hurting the health of the very people the government sort to help. While taxes were designed to help Osemncane people slow down on vaping so that they can minimize the negative impacts of the habit, it has forced them to consider cheaper alternatives. The cheaper alternative they are now using is more dangerous to the health of the users than vaping. The use of taxes to manage the behaviour of millions of Osemncane abantu baye bahlehla kanjalo.
Akusona neze isimanga lesi. ngokuvumelana ne isihloko kaJames Harrigan, iSayensi yezombangazwe no-Antony Davies, isazi sezomnotho, “zonke izenzo zomuntu zinemiphumela ehlosiwe nengahlosiwe. Abantu basabela kuyo yonke imithetho, izimiso, kanye nokuhleleka kohulumeni abakubekayo, futhi ukusabela kwabo kuphumela emiphumeleni engahluka kakhulu kunemiphumela ababeyihlosile abenzi bomthetho.”
Lokhu kuthiwa yi umphumela we-cobra. Kusuka kumphumela othokozisayo wokuthi uhulumeni uzama ukusebenzisa indawo ukulawula ukuhlasela kwezimfezi edolobheni laseNdiya. Uhulumeni uvele wabeka imali eningi ezimfezini, abantu bendawo bahamba bayozingela ukuze bathole le mali. Lokhu kwasebenza futhi inani lemfezi laqala ukwehla. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuletha inkinga entsha kubantu bendawo ngokuncipha kwenani lezimfezi abazingeli baphoqeleka ukuthi bacabangele ezinye izindlela zokuziphilisa. Isixazululo saba lula, bavele baqala ukukhuphula izimfezi ekhaya ukuze baqhubeke nokuthola insada.
Ngeshwa labo, uhulumeni wanquma ukuyikhansela le mali. Ngokungahlangene nezimfezi, abantu bendawo banquma ukuzikhulula. Lokhu kwadala ukuthi kuhlaselwe kakhulu imfezi kunakuqala.
Okufanayo kungabonakala emikhiqizweni ye-vaping. Imikhiqizo ye-vaping yenzelwe ukusiza ababhemayo bayeke ukubhema okubangela umdlavuza nezinye izifo eziningi eziyingozi. Kodwa-ke, i-vaping isithandwa yintsha iningi layo engakaze ibheme. Lapho uhulumeni ezama ukulawula ukusetshenziswa kwabo, intsha iqonda ngqo kugwayi imikhiqizo ekhipha umhwamuko ebizama ukuyinqamula emakethe.
