Ngokwezilinganiso, njengamanje kunabasebenzisi be-e-cigarette abayizigidi ezingu-4.3, kusukela cishe ku-800,000 eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Ngokocwaningo, inani labantu abavame ukuvaleka liye lenyuka kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, lafinyelela emazingeni aqoshiwe eGreat Britain, lapho njengamanje kunama-vaper angaba yizigidi ezingu-4.3.
Ngokusho kwedatha, manje sekunamaphesenti angu-8.3 abantu abadala (noma cishe abantu abadala abangu-800,000) e-Wales, Scotland, kanye ne-England eyadlula i-1.7% eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Inhlangano eyanyathelisa lo mbiko, i-Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), yathi “inguquko yomphunga” yenzeka eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
IPhini le-CEO yakwa-Ash, u-Hazel Cheeseman, ubize ukwanda kwababhemayo abakhetha ukufutha “kukhulu. Izindaba. "
“Kubantu abazama ukuyeka, lokhu kungaba amathuluzi asindisa ukuphila. Kodwa-ke, i-vaping iyodwa ngeke ikwazi ukuxazulula ngokuphelele inkinga yokubhema. Njengoba i-vaping ingeke isebenze kuwo wonke umuntu, kufanele sibhekane nokukhuphuka kwamanje Osemncane ukufutha nokusebenzisa amasu abanzi okubhekana nokubhema. Isikhathi manje ngesezinyathelo zikahulumeni,” kusho yena.
Abangu-350,000 kwezingu-4.3 million abakaze babheme ugwayi, kuyilapho abayizigidi ezingu-2.4 ababekade bebhema kanye nabayizigidi ezingu-1.5 ababhemayo manje bephakathi kwabanye abasebenzisi. Iqembu lokugcina, ngokusho kukaCheeseman, lalivame ukuvapa "akuvamile" futhi "ngokuhlola."
Ucwaningo lwathola lokho Osemncane abantu bebelokhu besebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, kanti abaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengu-24 ubudala babalelwa ku-11% wabo bonke abasebenzisi ngo-2022. Lokhu kukhuphuke kusuka ku-5% izinga lokuphefumula ngo-2021, elaliphansi kakhulu. Izinga labantu abaneminyaka engama-55 nangaphezulu manje seliphansi kakhulu ku-5.9%.
Yize kuphambene nomthetho ukudayisela abantu abaneminyaka engaphansi kweyi-18 ama-vape, uCheeseman uthe ukhathazekile ngalokhu, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa imininingwane yangaphambili ekhombisa ukwanda kwe-vaping entsheni ephakathi kweminyaka eyi-11 ne-17 (kusuka ku-4% ngo-2020 kuya ku-7% ngo-2022). Ucwaningo luphinde lubonise ukuthi njengoba i-vaping ikhuphuka, ukubhema kuyehla.
Ngokocwaningo, u-28% wabantu ababhemayo njengamanje abakaze bazame i-vaping, kanti u-21% uthi abafuni ukusuka ekubeni umlutha owodwa baye kokunye. Lolu cwaningo lusekelwe ocwaningweni lwaminyaka yonke luka-Ash lwe-Smokefree GB oluqondiswe kubantu abadala abangaphezu kuka-13,000 abavela e-Great Britain futhi lwenziwa yi-YouGov. Amaphesenti angamashumi amabili nantathu abaphendulile anomuzwa wokuthi i-vaping ayifani nokubhema ngokwanele, futhi amaphesenti ayishumi azwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi i-e-cigarettes "ayiphephile ngokwanele."
Ngokwababhali balo mbiko, ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu abadala iveze ukuthi icabanga ukuthi ukufutha amanzi kuyingozi kakhulu kunokubhema noma kuyingozi nje.
U-35% wabantu ababhema ugwayi nabo baqhuma ngo-2022. Kuleli qembu, nsuku zonke ama-vapers abhema ugwayi omncane kunabasebenzisi bezikhathi ezithile.
Bangaphezu kwesigamu (56%) abantu ababekade bebhema babike ukuthi basebenzisa i-vape iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu, nokho oyedwa kwabahlanu owayekade ebhema wathi usebenzise eyodwa ukuze abasize bayeke.
Iningi lama-vaper lithi lisebenzisa ugwayi we-e-cigarette ukuze liyeke ukubhema futhi lingaqalisi futhi, kuyilapho u-14% lithi okokuzijabulisa kwathi u-11% wathi okonga imali.
E-UK, ukubhema kuncipha ekudumeni. Ku England, izinga lokubhema kubantu abaneminyaka engu-18 nangaphezulu lehlile lisuka ku-20% laya ku-14% phakathi kuka-2011 no-2019, ngokusho kwedatha yocwaningo lwaminyaka yonke lwabantu. Ngokombiko we-Ash, ngo-2017, ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette kwaba nomthelela kwabanye abantu ababekade bebhema e-England be-69,930.
