Ngokombiko ovela eBrunel University London, ukusetshenziswa kwe imikhiqizo yokuphefumula e-United Kingdom ingase yonge izwe lopondo oyingxenye yebhiliyoni. Umbiko uphakamisa ukuthi ubungozi bezempilo obuncishisiwe obuhambisana ne-vaping uma kuqhathaniswa ukubhema ugwayi wendabuko ungaholela ekongeni kwezindleko ezinkulu ze-National Health Service (NHS).
Abacwaningi balinganisela ukuthi ukusuka ekubhemeni uye ekushiseni kungavimbela ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-6,000 ngonyaka e-UK futhi kwehlise izindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo cishe ngezigidi ezingama-£518 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-669). Lesi sibalo sicabangela izindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo okungenzeka zibe phansi ezihlobene nokwelapha izifo ezihlobene ne-vaping uma kuqhathaniswa nezifo ezihlobene nokubhema.
"Siyajabula ukuthi lolu cwaningo olusha oluvela eNyuvesi yaseBrunel yaseLondon luqinisa lokho okutholwe umbiko wethu womthelela wezomnotho," kusho uJohn Dunne, umqondisi jikelele we-UK Vaping Industry Association, esitatimendeni.
“Imali engase igcinwe yi-NHS isuka kwababhemayo ishintshele ku-vaping inkulu kakhulu, futhi esikhathini lapho i-NHS ikhala kakhulu ifuna enye imali futhi nesabelomali sikahulumeni siminyaniswe kakhulu, leli yithuba esingeke saliyeka.
“Ngesonto eledlule kuphela, i-ASH [Action on Smoking and Health] yembule idatha eshaqisayo, ebonise ukuthi abantu ababhemayo abane kwabayishumi bakholelwa ngokungeyikho ukuthi ukubhema kuyingozi noma kuyingozi kunokubhema—kusuka koyedwa kwabahlanu ngo-10.
“Ukwaziswa okungelona iqiniso emithonjeni yezindaba evamile mayelana nezingozi ezingokwempilo eziphathelene nokubhema kanye ne-vaping kwakungesinye sezizathu eziveziwe zalokhu kuntula kolwazi okwandayo, futhi ngaphandle uma uhulumeni ethatha isinyathelo sokufundisa ababhemayo ngezingozi zangempela, khona-ke izimpilo ziyoqhubeka zilahleka kungenasidingo. ”
Kungani i-vaping iphakanyiswa ukuthi isetshenziswe?
Ukubhema kwendabuko kuseyimbangela ehamba phambili yezifo ezingagwemeka nokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ngokukhuthaza ukushintshela ekubhemeni, i-UK ingabona ukwehla okukhulu kwezindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuhlobene nokubhema. Ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yiPublic Health England, i-vaping inengozi engaphansi ngo-95% kunokubhema, okusho ukwehla kwezindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezihlobene nezifo ezihlobene nogwayi njengomdlavuza wamaphaphu, isifo senhliziyo, nesifo esingamahlalakhona se-obstructive pulmonary.
