Ukwenqabela ukuthengiswa kwe ugwayi menthol cishe kungaholela ekwehlweni okunengqondo kwamazinga okubhema, ngokusho kwephepha elisha ku-Nicotine & Tobacco Research, elanyatheliswa yi-Oxford University Press.
Abameli bezempilo bakhathazekile nge-menthol ngoba ukupholisa kwesithako kufihla ubukhali bukagwayi, okwenza kube lula ukuwuthola. Osemncane abantu ukuthi baqale ukubhema. Ucwaningo lwangaphambili luphinde lwathola ukuthi i-menthol kugwayi yenza kube lula ukuthi ababhemayo bayimunce i-nicotine, okuholela ekuncikeni okukhulu. Ngokusho kwabagxeki, ababhemayo i-menthol nabo bakuthola kunzima ukuyeka ukubhema uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo ababhema ugwayi ongena-menthol.
Amazinga okuvama okusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-menthol phakathi kwababhemayo ayahlukahluka emhlabeni jikelele. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-7.4 ababhemayo eYurophu asebenzisa ugwayi we-menthol. Nokho, e-United States, abantu abadala abangamaphesenti angu-43.4 ababhemayo basebenzise lo gwayi ngo-2020. Osemncane abantu, izinhlanga/uhlanga oluncane, nababhemayo abahola kancane. Cishe amaphesenti angu-81 abantu abangewona ama-Hispanic Black ababhemayo e-US basebenzisa ugwayi, uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angu-34 wababhemi AbaMhlophe. Angaphezu kuka-170 amadolobha ase-US izifunda ezimbili, kanye namazwe amaningana, okuhlanganisa iCanada, i-Ethiopia, kanye ne-European Union akuvimbile ukudayiswa kukagwayi.
Abacwaningi lapha balinganise imiphumela yalezi zinqubomgomo. Abaphenyi benze uphenyo oluhlelekile lwezifundo ezishicilelwe ngesiNgisi kuze kube nguNovemba ukuze bathole ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kwe-menthol kushintsha kanjani ukuziphatha kokubhema. Abacwaningi ababambe iqhaza kulolu cwaningo babheke izifundo zangaphambilini ezingama-78, ikakhulukazi ezivela eCanada, e-European Union nase-United States.
Ukuvinjelwa Kogwayi we-Menthol Kuholela Emazingeni Aphakeme Okuyeka
Ucwaningo luthola ukuthi umphumela wokuvinjelwa kwe-menthol mkhulu. Imiphumela ibonisa ukuthi nakuba amaphesenti angu-50 ababhemayo be-menthol ashintshela ekubhemeni ugwayi ongewona we-menthol, cishe ingxenye yesine (amaphesenti angu-24) yalaba ababhemayo bayeka ukubhema ngemva kokuvinjelwa kwe-menthol. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-12 ashintshela kweminye imikhiqizo kagwayi enamakha, futhi amaphesenti angu-24 aqhubeka nokubhema ugwayi we-menthol. Lolu cwaningo luphinde luthole ukuthi ukuvinjelwa kwe-menthol kuzwelonke kubonakala kusebenza kakhulu kunokuvinjelwa kwe-menthol yasendaweni noma yesifunda, njengoba amanani okuyeka ayephezulu ezindaweni ezinokuvinjelwa ezweni lonke.
"Lokhu kubuyekezwa kunikeza ubufakazi obuqand' ikhanda mayelana nokuvinjelwa okuhlongozwayo kwe-US Food and Drug Administration kugwayi we-menthol," kusho umlobi ohamba phambili wephepha, uSarah Mills, esitatimendeni. “NgoZibandlela wezi-2023 i-White House yakuhlehlisa ukuvala ugwayi we-menthol. Ukubuyekezwa kwethu kobufakazi kukhombisa ukuthi lokhu kubambezeleka kudala umonakalo empilweni yomphakathi, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwemiphakathi yabaNsundu. Ngokuphambene nezimangalo zezimboni, ucwaningo alutholi ukwanda ekusetshenzisweni kwemikhiqizo engekho emthethweni. Ukuvinjelwa kogwayi we-menthol kuzonikeza izinzuzo ezinkulu kakhulu kubantu abamnyama ababhemayo. Ngenxa yokumaketha okuhlosiwe kwemboni kagwayi, namuhla bonke abantu ababhemayo abaNsundu abane kwabahlanu basebenzisa ugwayi we-menthol.”
