Ama-Vapes Anqunyiwe: Ukwehluleka noma Impumelelo yase-Australia

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Ngo-Okthoba 2021, uhulumeni wase-Australia waqala uhambo lokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa vaping kuzwelonke. Lokhu bekungokwethula ama-vape anqunyiwe angeke nje anciphise ukufutha kwentsha kodwa futhi asize kakhulu abantu abadala abahlushwa ukunqamuka. Ngakho-ke inhloso enkulu yalo mgomo bekuwukunqanda ukudliwa kwe-nicotine ngokusebenzisa i-vaping kodwa okuphambene nalokho kuye kwabonwa ngonyaka odlule. Kube nokukhuphuka okuphindwe kabili kwezinga lokusetshenziswa kwe-vape okubonisa ukwehluleka komthethonqubo omelene ne-vaping engekho emthethweni. Kodwa kungani lo mgomo obaluleke kangaka ungangeni ekubeni inhloso yawo kuwukuphela kwekusasa elihle esizweni sethu nentsha ikakhulukazi?

Nokho, ngokocwaningo lukaRoy Morgan, okungenani u-12% wama-vaper ayenencwadi kadokotela ye-nicotine kodwa kuphela ama-2% alawa ma-vaper ayethenge lesi sidakamizwa ngokungemthetho. U-Roy uphikisa ngokuthi izibalo ezingenhla zithonywa kakhulu ukutholakala okulinganiselwe kanye nezindleko eziphezulu zama-vapes asemthethweni emakethe. Ikakhulukazi, uRoy uphawula ukuthi odokotela abathile kuphela abavunyelwe ukuthengisa ama-vapes asemthethweni. Ngokudabukisayo, ngo-2022 bangama-200 kuphela kodokotela abakhulu abangama-31 abagunyazwe ukuthengisa ama-vapes anqunyiwe. Uma kubhekwa inani eliphansi labasebenzi abathengisa i-vape enqunyiwe ezweni lonke, kanye nokuntuleka kokuvalwa kwalaba basebenzi emphakathini, iningi labathengi alinakho okunye buy ama-vapes angekho emthethweni.

Isizathu sesibili sokungaphumeleli komthethonqubo kusezindlekweni. Iqiniso liyathengiswa, ama-vapers asemthethweni, nakuba ephephile ukusetshenziswa, athengiswa ngentengo ephezulu kakhulu. Emzamweni wokwanelisa imakethe ekhona emlutha kanye nokuziphilisa, ingxenye yosomabhizinisi ngokubambisana namazwe athile afana neShayina yethula imakethe emnyama yama-vapes. Izimakethe ezimnyama zaziwa ngokuthengisa ama-vapes ngentengo encishisiwe kuphela ukuthi uhlobo lwe-vape oluthengiswayo luphezulu kakhulu ku-nicotine yingakho luyingozi kubathengi. Nokho, abathengi ababonakali bengenankinga nalokhu uma kubhekwa izindleko eziphansi zomkhiqizo kanye nezikhathi ezinzima zezomnotho. Eqinisweni, uma kubhekwa izimpawu zokuhoxa eziza nokungathathi ama-vapes, eziningi Osemncane ikakhulukazi intsha iye yaphoqeleka ukuthi ingene emhlabeni wezimakethe ezimnyama futhi ithole ama-vapes njengoba lokhu kuyilokho engakwazi ukuyikhokhela.

Akungabazeki ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Australia wayeqonde kahle lapho bethula umthethonqubo kuma-vapes anqunyiwe. Kodwa-ke, ukuvimbela ama-vapes angekho emthethweni ngaphandle kokusungula izinyathelo ezizoqinisekisa ukwamukelwa kwama-vapes asemthethweni, kwenze kwaba lula ukuthi imakethe emnyama iphumelele ekuthengiseni ama-vapes angagunyaziwe. Lokhu kuphinde kwabona ukwanda kwe-vaping engekho emthethweni njengoba itholakala kakhulu kunangaphambili ngamanani akholekayo. Lokhu okushiwo ukuthi umphakathi ikakhulukazi Osemncane isizukulwane sisengozini yokubeka impilo yaso engcupheni njengoba ngokusobala sithanda ama-vapes angekho emthethweni imbangela yezizathu ezifana nokuphumelela kwezindleko. Ngakho-ke uhulumeni kufanele alungise kabusha isu lakhe njengoba kunesidingo esikhulu semodeli yokulawula enengqondo yemikhiqizo ye-nicotine.

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