U-Tempe ucubungula imithelela yabanamandla vala ekuthengisweni kwe-vape edolobheni lonke
Osolwazi nabafundi bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukwenqatshelwa okuhleliwe koMkhandlu Wedolobha laseTempe kagwayi onezinongo kuzolimaza futhi kuphoqelele izingane zesikole ukuba zisebenzise imikhiqizo eyingozi kakhulu.
Ukwenqatshelwa kwethulwa ngo-Agasti 2022 futhi ngeke kuvotelwe kuze kube isikhathi esithile ngonyaka ozayo, nakuba kube khona ukulalelwa kwezimvo zomphakathi, imihlangano yokubuyekeza, kanye nohlu lwemibuzo oluku-inthanethi ukuze kuqoqwe imibono kumalungu omphakathi.
UJoel Navarro uphakathi kwamalungu omkhandlu wedolobha ancome ukuvinjelwa. Uthe le ngxoxo ivele ngokwemvelo ngenxa yabaphathi bezikole abakhathazeke kakhulu kanye namabhodi abazali bexoxa ngogwayi we-electronic ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu.
"Abazali nothisha babonile ukuthi izingane ezisencane zisebenzisa ama-vapes esikoleni," kusho uNavarro. “Kulula ukukufihla, futhi ngenxa yokuthi sikuvezile emkhandlwini, saqala sakubhekisisa saba nale ngxoxo.”
Uthe inhloso eyinhloko yalo mthetho ohlongozwayo wukugcina ama-vape engabambi Osemncane intsha. Kodwa-ke, uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngamabhizinisi akuleli dolobha azuza emikhiqizweni ye-nicotine enambitheka.
UScott Leischow, uprofesa osizayo kanye nowayeyiNhloko Yegatsha Lokucwaninga Lokulawulwa Kogwayi eNational Cancer Institute, uthe inkinga eyinhloko ngalezi zinhlinzeko ukuthi, nakuba kungasiza ukugcina imikhiqizo kagwayi isuka ezandleni zentsha nakubantu abadala, kungase futhi ukusiza ukumisa abantu abadala abazama ukuyeka ukubhema ugwayi nogwayi ekuthengeni imikhiqizo ye-vape enambitheka. Nakuba ama-vapes engaphilile, ukholelwa ukuthi ayindlela engcono ye-nicotine evuthayo, njengogwayi.
“Kwabanye balaba bantu abadala, ukuba nempahla ethokomele kungase kubakhuthaze ukuthi basuke emkhiqizo we-nicotine ovuthayo, lowogwayi noma usikilidi, baye kugwayi we-elekthronikhi (we-e-cigarette), ngakho-ke ngokombono wokunciphisa umonakalo, (lokho) ukukhathazeka okukhulu. ukuthi abantu abathile baphakamisa mayelana nokweqa ama-flavour ebhodini lonke, ”kusho uLeischow.
Ukuvinjelwa kokumakethwa kwe-nicotine enongiwe akuyona into engavamile, nakuba kungavamile. I-California ivotele ukugcina ukwenqabela kwayo ukuthengiswa ohlelweni lokuvota kulo nyaka, futhi izifunda ezifana neMassachusetts zibe nomkhawulo osebenzayo iminyaka eminingana. UTempe useke wathatha izinyathelo eziqinile zokulwa nogwayi, okuhlanganisa nokuba phakathi kwamadolobha okuqala esifundazweni ukuvimbela ukubhema endlini ezindaweni zokudlela nasezinkantini.
Ekhempasini, i-ASU ibika ukuthi amaphesenti ayi-12.7 ezingane zesikole aqhume enyangeni edlule. Lezi zibalo, nokho, zizibika ngokwazo. Ngokocwaningo lwaseNyuvesi yaseMichigan, amaphesenti angama-22 abafundi basekolishi badle ama-vapes ngo-2019, okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kusukela ngo-2017.
Ngokuka-Leischow, kunokwehluka kwemibono ngokwesayensi mayelana nokuthi ukuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo eshisayo kuzosiza yini, ikakhulukazi njengoba kuzosebenza edolobheni elilodwa kuphela. Nokho, unomuzwa wokuthi ukuntuleka kokuchayeka okucacile ngaphandle kwekhampasi izitolo ze-vape kungase kuvimbele ukusetshenziswa kwabafundi basekolishi abangenaso isifiso noma izinsiza zokuya emadolobheni aseduze ukuze bathole i-vape.
“Iningi labafundi basekolishi abakwazi ukusebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, ohlanganisa onama-flavour, benza kanjalo ezicini zokungcebeleka, lapho beya ephathini noma bephuza uma bengaphefumulelwe ukuphuza,” kuchaza uLeischow. “Iningi labo alisebenzisi njalo. Iqiniso lokuthi abantu abaningi abalidoki liyinto enhle.”
U-Ananise Toth, osemncane ofundela ukuphathwa komhlaba, uthe akawasebenzisi ama-vapes, kodwa ukholelwa ukuthi umkhawulo uzoba yingozi ezinganeni zesikole kanye nedolobha.
“Angicabangi ukuthi ukwenqabela ukuthengiswa kwazo eTempe kuzozuzisa noma ngubani ngempela - izingane zesikole noma osomabhizinisi,” kusho uToth. "Abantu bazobona ukuthi bawasebenzisa kanjani ama-vape kungakhathalekile, futhi amabhizinisi amaningi endawo athembele ekuthengisweni kwe-vape."
U-Toth ukholelwa nokuthi ukuvinjelwa okungase kube khona kuzokhuthaza abafundi ukuthi babheme ugwayi noma eminye imikhiqizo ye-nicotine evuthayo.
Uma ama-vaporizer anephunga elimnandi enqatshelwe edolobheni, uLeischow noNavarro bakholelwa ukuthi kuzovela imakethe emnyama yokuthengiswa kwe-vape. U-Navarro uthe izingxoxo ngobuqiniso nokusebenza kokuvinjelwa okungenzeka zizoqhubeka ngonyaka ozayo.
