I-Food and Drug Administration isichithile isicelo somkhiqizi sokuthengisa i-menthol-ama-vapes anephunga elimnandi ngoLwesithathu, eveza ukungabibikho kwezinzuzo zezempilo emphakathini kanye nokusongela okungenzeka ama-vapers asemasha.
Ngokusho kwe-FDA, i-Logic Technology Development yehlulekile ukukhombisa ukuthi izimpahla zayo ze-menthol zinamandla amakhulu kunemikhiqizo enganambithekanga ukusiza abantu ukuba bayeke noma banciphise ukubhema. I-ejensi ivimbele ukukhuthazwa kwenkampani kwe-Logic Power ne-Logic Pro menthol i-e-liquid imikhiqizo ngenxa yokuthi kungenzeka ukuyenga intsha ebhemayo ethanda menthol vapes.
"Kulokhu, umfakisicelo wehlulekile ukunikeza idatha eyanele yesayensi ukukhombisa ukuthi inzuzo engaba khona kuma-vaper abadala idlula izingozi entsheni," kusho uBrian King, inhloko ye-FDA's Center for Tobacco Products.
I-FDA ivimbele ama-cartridges anephunga elimnandi asetshenziswa kuwo amapeni e-nicotine-delivery vape ngo-2020, nakuba izimpahla ze-menthol zazisavunyelwe. Ngenxa yomkhawulo we-FDA kuma-flavour e-nicotine, abathengi abancane baya ngokuya bashintshela kuma-menthol vaporizer noma imikhiqizo kagwayi yokwenziwa. Imikhiqizo kagwayi yokwenziwa ivamisile alahlwayo futhi imakethwa ngama-flavour adumile phakathi kwama-vaper angaphansi kweminyaka yobudala.
NgokweNhlolovo Kazwelonke Kagwayi Yentsha yango-2022, amaphesenti angu-14.1 abafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu kanye namaphesenti angu-3.3 abafundi basesikoleni esiphakathi baqhuma okungenani kanye ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule. Cishe amaphesenti angu-85 entsha ebhemayo idla ugwayi we-e-flavour, kuyilapho cishe amaphesenti angu-27 ethanda ugwayi we-menthol-flavored e-cigarette.
Ngokuka-Matthew Myers, umongameli woMkhankaso Wezingane Ezingenayo Ugwayi, isinyathelo se-FDA sokuchitha isicelo somkhiqizi oyedwa sokusabalalisa ama-vape ane-menthol kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuvaleni “intuba enkulu” evumela imikhiqizo ye-menthol emakethe.
Kodwa-ke, ukhuthaze i-FDA ukuthi ihoxise ama-vapes okwenziwa kanye ne-menthol-flavored ekhiqizwa abanye abakhiqizi emakethe.
"Uma i-FDA iphishekela lesi sinqumo ngokuthi ekugcineni ihlanze imakethe yamakhambi, alahlwayo, kanye nama-e-cigarette enziwe nge-nicotine,” kwenezela uMyers, “kuzothatha isinyathelo sako esikhulu ekwehliseni ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette kwentsha kuze kube manje.”
I-American Society of Clinical Oncology kanye ne-American Association for Cancer Research ngokuhlanganyela bakhuthaze ukumiswa kuwo wonke ama-e-cigarette anephunga elimnandi nemishini yokukhipha umphunga ngoLwesithathu. Lesi simemezelo, esanyatheliswa ephephabhukwini lezokwelapha i-Journal of Clinical Oncology kanye ne-medical Clinical Cancer Research, sagcizelela isidingo “sokuthatha isinyathelo ngokushesha ukuze kumiswe imisebenzi edla lubi yomkhakha kagwayi nokuvikela impilo yomphakathi.”
Ukukhathazeka kwezempilo kwesikhathi eside, ngokusho kwezinhlangano, kuzohlala kungacacile kuze kube yilapho kwenziwa ucwaningo olwengeziwe.
Nakuba amapeni e-vape ekhipha ubuthi obumbalwa kunogwayi, izinhlangano zithi idatha yokuqala ihlobanisa amagajethi ashisayo “nokulimala kwe-DNA nokuvuvukala, okuyizinyathelo ezibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni komdlavuza.”
Ngokwalezi zinhlangano, ugwayi ungadala ukulutheka, wenze amasosha omzimba abe buthaka futhi anyuse nomfutho wegazi.
Futhi, izinhlangano ziveze ukuthi ucwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi umuntu osemusha ovapayo unethuba eliphindwe ka-2.9 kuye kwayi-4 lokubhema kunalawo angavape.
"Ukusabalala kwe-(vaping) entsheni kanye nalabo abangabhemi kuyingozi enkulu kwezempilo yomphakathi ebeka engcupheni yokuhlehlisa amashumi eminyaka enqubekelaphambili ekusetshenzisweni kukagwayi," kusho uMongameli we-AACR uLisa Coussens esitatimendeni.
