Njengoba ukuthandwa vaping iyaqhubeka nokusabalala phakathi Osemncane abantu, ochwepheshe manje sebeluleka abangabhemi ukuthi bangaqali ukusebenzisa i-e-cigarettes.
Kusekuningi okungaziwa mayelana nemiphumela yesikhathi eside ye-vaping. Yize ucwaningo lwakamuva lukhombisile lokho i-vaping iphephile kunokubhema, lokho akusho ukuthi kuphephile. Umbono wesayensi ukhombisa ukuthi i-vaping idala ukuchayeka okuncane ezingxenyeni eziyingozi kunokubhema.
Ngenkathi isiphetho esijwayelekile sama-vapers sihlala sifiphele, intsha eningi ithathe i-vaping. Ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yi-Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), ukufutheka phakathi kwentsha eneminyaka engu-11-18 seliphindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili lisuka ku-4% ngo-2020 laya ku-8.6% ngo-2021. Nokho, inani labantu ababhemayo abaneminyaka efanayo lehlile lisuka ku-6.7% ngo-2020 laya ku-6.0% ngo-2022. Kukholakala ukuthi bayizigidi ezingu-6 ababhemayo futhi Ama-vaper ayizigidi ezi-4 eNgilandi kuphela.
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Okutholwe ngochwepheshe ku-vaping e-England
Kulandela ukungaqiniseki kwemiphumela yesikhathi eside yokuphefumula kanye nesimo esikhathazayo sokwanda kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha yaseNgilandi, uMnyango Wezempilo Nokunakekelwa Kwezenhlalakahle ujube ithimba lochwepheshe bethimba le-Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience laseKing's College London. ukuhlinzeka ngezeluleko zochwepheshe ezizimele mayelana nemithelela ye-vaping empilweni yomphakathi. Okutholwe yithimba kwashicilelwa ngomhla zingama-29 kuSepthemba 2022 kusizindalwazi sikahulumeni.
Ngokusekelwe ebufakazini besayensi, okutholwe yilo mbiko kuqinisekisile:
• I-Vaping ayinabungozi kangako kunokubhema esikhathini esifushane noma esimaphakathi.
• I-Vaping ayinazo ubungozi, ikakhulukazi kubantu abangakaze babheme.
• Imikhiqizo ye-vaping, kuhlanganise ama-e-cigarette alahlwayo, iqukethe i-nicotine elutha kakhulu.
• Ugwayi uyingozi njengoba uqukethe izinto ezinobuthi ezibanga umdlavuza wamaphaphu kanye nezifo zenhliziyo.
Umbhali oholayo wethimba labacwaningi, uProf Ann McNeill, uchwepheshe wokuluthwa ugwayi, uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi akwenzeki ukuthi i-vaping ayinayo ingozi. Kungaba okungenangqondo ukucabanga ukuthi ukuqhubeka nokuhogela uketshezi lwe-vape emaphashini kunemiphumela eyiziro ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. “Simdikibalisa kakhulu noma ngubani ongakaze abheme ukuthi athathe i-vap noma ukubhema,” kusho yena.
Izingcingo zokumisa intsha ekuthatheni i-vaping
Ngokusho kocwaningo, kunesidingo esiseduze sokumisa intsha ekuthatheni i-vaping njengoba imiphumela yesikhathi eside yokushunqisa ingakacaci. Yize kube nemikhankaso evela kubazali abakhathazekile, ucwaningo luthole ukuthi kube nokuxega kweziphathimandla zendawo uma kukhulunywa ngokulandelwa kanye nokuphoqelela imithetho ukuze kunqandwe ukudayiswa kanye nokufinyelela emikhiqizweni evuzayo engekho emthethweni. Futhi, izinkundla zokuxhumana ezifana ne-TikTok zenze i-vaping idume njenge-adventure kanye nesesekeli semfashini. The imiphunga elahlwayo atholakala kalula ngamakhilogremu angu-5. Lo mbiko uncoma ukuthi imithetho eqinile nemikhankaso yokuqwashisa ingasiza ukuvimba intsha ekuthatheni imikhuba yokuphefumula.
Amaqiniso E-Vaping Elahlwayo: Indaba ka-Chloe Harvatt
U-Chloe Harvatt uneminyaka engu-23 futhi uthi ubesebenzisa imiphunga elahlwayo isikhathi esingangonyaka, ngibhema ugwayi omncane ngosuku ngenxa yalokho. Utshele i-BBC ukuthi angakwazi ukuthola izinto ezilahlwayo eziyisikhombisa noma eziyisishiyagalombili ngesonto futhi uvame ukufutha cishe njalo usuku lonke. U-Chloe uthi uthanda ukunambitheka kwe-vaping kangcono kunokubhema ugwayi futhi ukhathazekile ngokungabi bikho kocwaningo lwesikhathi eside ngemiphumela ye-vaping.
INgilandi inezinga eliphezulu kakhulu labantu ababhemayo eYurophu, futhi nakuba uhulumeni eye wenza intuthuko ethile ekwehliseni izinga lokubhema, kusekuningi okumelwe kwenziwe. I-Vaping inikeza ithuba lokusiza ababhemayo ukuba bayeke, kodwa kuphela uma kwenziwa ngokuphepha. Uhulumeni kufanele enze okwengeziwe ukulawula ukuthengiswa nokukhangiswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping futhi afundise abantu ngobungozi.
