IsiShayamthetho Sesifunda Sisabela Ekukhuleni Kokuthengiswa Kwe-Vape Okunambithekayo

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Umnyango Wezempilo waseTompkins County (TCHD) uxwayisa umphakathi ukuthi izitolo ezithile zasendaweni izitolo bayadayisa ama-vapes anephunga elimnandi ngokungemthetho. I-TCHD yeluleka izinkampani ezidayisayo ukuthi ziyeke ukuthengisa okungekho emthethweni futhi ikhumbuza osomabhizinisi ngezijeziso ezingatholwa ngenkathi benza kanjalo.

Ukuze unciphise ukukhanga komkhiqizo ku intsha kanye nentsha, Umthetho Wesifunda SaseNew York uvimbela ukuthengiswa kwama-vapes e-nicotine anongiwe, okuhlanganisa menthol. Kugunyazwe ukuhlinzeka kuphela ngezimpahla zokufutha i-nicotine ezinambitheka kagwayi. Imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana nomkhawulo wombuso wamabhizinisi ingafinyelelwa kuwebhusayithi ye-New York State.

Emhlanganweni we-Tompkins County Board of Health (TC BOH) ngo-Okthoba 25, 2022, amalungu amukela ngazwi linye unswinyo ku-Dream Vape & Smoke, isitolo sendawo esasiphula izimiso zoMbuso. Izenzo ezingokomthetho zihlinzeka ngenhlawulo engu-$2,500 kusukela ekucashunisweni okungakhokhiwe kwangaphambilini ngokwephula umthetho okuhlobene, inhlawulo engu-$2,750 ngokuthengisa into ewumusi kulabo abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-21, inhlawulo engu-$68,750 ngokuthengisa imikhiqizo evinjelwe (ngaphezu kuka-600 imikhiqizo yomhwamuko equkethe i-nicotine yayisiyinhlawulo. ezitholiwe), ukuvimbela noma yikuphi ukuthengiswa okuqhubekayo kwalolu hlobo lwezimpahla, nezinhlinzeko zokuthumela amabhodi ezimpawu ebhizinisini.

Izimpahla ze-vaping ezinambitheka zivame ukuphushwa entsheni ngenxa yokupakishwa kwazo, izikhangiso, kanye nokunambitheka. Njengoba kushiwo yi-CDC, cishe bonke abantu ababhemayo baqala lapho besebasha. Cishe u-80% wabo bonke Osemncane abantu abake basebenzisa imikhiqizo kagwayi baqala ngomkhiqizo onephunga elimnandi. Ngokusho kocwaningo, iningi lentsha elisebenzisayo ugwayi electronic ziqala ngezinguqulo ezinambithekayo, futhi cishe ama-85% azo ayaqhubeka nokusebenzisa imikhiqizo enambitheka. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine kwentsha kuhlobene nengozi ethuthukisiwe yokuncika emithini yesikhathi esizayo. Ngokocwaningo lwango-2021 lwe-Tompkins County Community-Level Youth Development Evaluation (CLYDE) lwango-19, u-30% wabantu abadala basezikoleni zamabanga aphakeme basebenzisa izinto ezikhipha umhwamuko nsuku zonke, kanti u-XNUMX% wake wasebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula esikhathini esithile ekuphileni kwabo.

“Imikhiqizo eminingi eshunqayo iqukethe i-nicotine, isithako esilutha kakhulu futhi esitholakala emikhiqizweni kagwayi evamile njengogwayi nogwayi,” kusho uMelissa Dhundale, MD, ilungu le-TC BOH. Ngokusho kocwaningo lwe-CDC, kufika ku-99% kagwayi we-elekthronikhi ane-nicotine, ngisho noma ingaboniswa emaphaketheni. I-Nicotine ilimaza kakhulu intsha kanye Osemncane abadala njengoba kunomthelela oqondile ekuthuthukisweni kobuchopho (okuqhubeka kuze kube maphakathi nawo-20s). I-Nicotine ishintsha ukwakheka kwama-synapses obuchopho, okungakhinyabeza ukuziphatha okungazelelwe, ukulawula imizwelo, ukugxilisa ingqondo, namakhono okufunda.”

"Njengomzali, ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngokukhula kokuthengiswa kwezimpahla ezishisayo," kusho uSihlalo weSishayamthetho saseTompkins County uShawna Black. Ngokocwaningo, ukusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine akunampilo futhi kuyalutha kubantu abadala, futhi amadivaysi e-vaping angabulala. Asikwazi ukukhokhela esinye isizukulwane sokuluthwa ugwayi, ngakho ngiyanxusa ezinkampanini zakithi ukuthi zilusukumele lolu daba.”

Njengengxenye ye-NYS Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act, i-TCHD yenza njalo ukuhlola okungalindelekile kwazo zonke izikhungo zikagwayi nezindawo ze-vape esifundeni. I-Environmental Health (EH) iphethe ukuqapha nokuqiniswa komthetho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-EH ingenza ukuhlola ngokuphendula isikhalazo mayelana nomthengisi. Uma isitolo sithengisa izinto ezinqatshelwe noma sithengisela umuntu ongaphansi kweminyaka engu-21 ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, isitolo singase sibhekane nezijeziso, izinhlawulo (ezifika ku-$100 ngomkhiqizo ngamunye ongavunyelwe), izinkokhiso, kanye nelayisense echithiwe.

"Udaba lwamabhizinisi aqhubeka nokudayisa futhi akhangise izinto ezisetshenziswayo ezishisayo, ikakhulukazi kulabo abaneminyaka engaphansi kuka-21, lukhathaza kakhulu iTompkins County Board of Health," kusho uMongameli weBhodi Lezempilo laseTompkins County uChristina Moylan. Sincoma uphiko Lwezempilo Yezemvelo ngokubeka eqhulwini impilo yentsha yethu kanye nemizamo yayo yokulwa nokuthengiswa okungekho emthethweni. Ibhodi Lezempilo lizoqhubeka nokugqugquzela izinyathelo ezinzima ezibhekiswe kubathengisi abenza le mikhuba engekho emthethweni.”

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