Ukuzingela Kuvuliwe: Ama-ejensi Okulawula Kancane Kancane Abambelela Phansi Kuma-Vape Ahloselwe Intsha

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USamuel Rose uthi wakhuliswa ngumama ongayedwa ozinikele owaluleka izingane zakhe eziyisikhombisa ukuthi ziqhelelane nogwayi, utshwala nezidakamizwa. Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, lapho uzakwabo wasesikoleni esiphakeme emkhuthaza ukuthi acabangele ukudala izindandatho zomusi esebenzisa ama-vapes kaJuul, uRose wacabanga ukuthi akukho bungozi ngoba vaping wathengiswa njengendlela ephephile nenempilo esikhundleni sikagwayi.

“Angikaze ngizame ukucosha usikilidi, nokho, ngathenga isifutha-mfucuza njengoba ngacabanga, 'Kulungile, ngisengajabulela injabulo kagwayi ngaphandle kokuthola umdlavuza kuwo - akuyona ingozi,'” kugomela uRose. Futhi, uthi, wonke umuntu oneminyaka yakhe eGaffney, eNingizimu Carolina, wayebonakala enemicabango efanayo ngaleso sikhathi.

Kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana, amaphaphu akhe azizwa emancane kakhulu ukuba angamqhubela ukuba adlule inkundla yebhola. Wayesebenza amahora angu-30 isonto ngalinye ephuma esikoleni, ngokuyinhloko ukuze asekele isiko lakhe lansuku zonke. Nakuba ayemncane, wayekwazi ukuthenga ikhophi yezinhlamvu zikagwayi zikagwayi kanye nama-cartridges entsheni yesonto lakhe engazithenga ngokusemthethweni. Uthi igajethi encane kanye namafu omhwamuko ewakhiqizayo kwakulula ukukufihla. Noma kunjalo, umkhuba wakhe wawumethusa, noma kunalokho wayengamthandi umuntu ayephenduka enguye.

Wayezihlukanisa nonina ukuze afihle ukuluthwa kwe-nicotine futhi avimbele ukuqamba amanga okungadingekile ngakho. “Ngangingathandi ukuqamba amanga kumama,” kuchaza uRose. “Uye esihogweni futhi wangibuyisela, futhi lokhu kulimaza kakhulu ubudlelwano bethu njengoba bengikufihla lokhu.”

URose, manje oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala, uyingxenye yesizukulwane sabathengi bakagwayi ababa imilutha kagwayi we-elekthronikhi ngesikhathi lapho ubuchwepheshe busanda kwethulwa futhi bakhuthazwa kabanzi ngangokunokwenzeka entsheni ngezingosi zokuxhumana. Ukwethulwa kogwayi we-elekthronikhi kwaguqula ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi kwentsha e-United States, kuvuselela ukuvelela kwawo futhi kugumbuqela ukwehla kokubhema okweminyaka eyishumi. Okwamanje, I-14.1% yabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme i-vape, futhi nokho izinyathelo zokulawula zibambezelekile ngenxa yokwanda okusheshayo kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi.

I-FDA ithole izicelo eziyizigidi eziyi-8

Ukuze uqhubeke nokuhlala embonini ngemuva kuka-2020, i-Food and Drug Administration yagunyaza ukuthi yonke imikhiqizo ye-vaping ifake izicelo futhi ithole izimvume. I-FDA ivumele isikhathi esithile sokusalela ekusebenziseni ngenkathi icubungula izicelo; i-FDA ithe into ethile ingahlala itholakala ukuze ithengwe ngenkathi isicelo sayo sisahlolwa.

Okwenzeka ngokulandelayo kungachaza ukuthi kungani ukuqhuma kwe-vaping phakathi kwentsha kungakayeki. Ngokusho kukaBrian King, umqondisi we-FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, le nhlangano ibigcwele izicelo ezibalelwa ezigidini eziyi-8 zezimpahla ezifuthayo ezahlukene. "Noma yini eyenziwa yi-FDA, ikakhulukazi iCentre for Tobacco Products, iphonselwa inselelo ngokomthetho," egomela. Uthi: “Ngaphambili, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi siqinisekise ukuthi noma yini esiyenzayo ivikeleka ngokomthetho nangokwesayensi - futhi lokho kudinga isikhathi.”

Ukwehliswa kwe-FDA kungase kube sendleleni maduze

Ngokusho kukaKing, le nhlangano isizoqeda ngokubuyekezwa kwayo. Yize engakhulumanga ngokutholwe yizibuyekezo ezingakhishiwe, abahlaziyi babikezela ukuthi i-FDA izokwenyusa ukuhlanzwa kwayo kwamadivaysi amaningi okufutha emakethe ezinyangeni ezizayo.

"Ngikholwa ukuthi imikhiqizo ebiyimbangela enkulu yenhlekelele yentsha izosuswa emakethe maduze nje," kusho uMyers, umongameli we-Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

I-Myers eceleni kwabanye ibhekisela emizamweni embalwa yakamuva ye-ejensi njengezinkomba zokuncishiswa okuzayo. I-FDA kule nyanga, yenqabe isicelo sika-Logic sama-vapes e-menthol, futhi akhishwa emakethe. Kungokokuqala ngqa i-FDA yenqaba umkhiqizo we-menthol, owawuwuhlonze njengesigaba esihlukile kwezinye izinambitheka ezimbalwa. I-FDA yazama ukuhoxisa ezinye izinto zokufutha zikaJuul ngoJuni, futhi inkampani yanconywa kakhulu ngokusakaza ugwayi we-elekthronikhi. (Leso sinqumo asikenziwa ngoba uJuul usaqhubeka nezikhalazo zakhe.)

"Ukuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwezingane kuyaqhubeka kuhlale kuwukukhathazeka okuyinhloko," kusho iNkosi.

Okwamanje, izifundazwe ezimbalwa, okwakamuva okuyiCalifornia, seziqala ukuthatha izinyathelo zazo, zivimbela yonke imikhiqizo ye-nicotine enambitheka, efana ne-menthol ne-e-cigarettes. IWashington, DC, neMassachusetts zinemikhawulo efanayo; ezinye izifundazwe zinemikhawulo yokunambitheka.

Ezinye izizwe nazo ziyayiqinisa imithetho. Ugwayi we-elekthronikhi onesithelo uye wavinjelwa muva nje e-China, futhi i-European Union icabangela umkhawulo obanzi ofanayo kuma-flavour. Amanye amazwe amaningana ase-Asia naseMpumalanga Ephakathi akwenqabela ngokuqondile i-vaping.

Ochwepheshe abaningana, okuhlanganisa no-Matthew Myers, umongameli Womkhankaso Wezingane Ezingenayo Ugwayi, bakholelwa ukuthi ukucindezela amagajethi ngokwawo kuyisu elifaneleka kakhulu lokuvimbela e-United States. "Umthelela osheshayo uzoba ukuvala amasango ezikhukhula."

Lokho kungase kubonakale kuqondile, kodwa ngokukaDkt. Robert Jackler, izinhlangano ezilawulayo bezilokhu zihlanganyela ekusebenzisaneni kwekati negundane nezinkampani zikagwayi. “Ngesikhathi [ama-ejensi alawulayo] enza okuthile, lo mkhakha usuvele ucabange ngezindlela eziyishumi eziwuzungezile,” kusikisela uJackler, uprofesa eStanford University School of Medicine kanye nomcwaningi ophambili wokuphromotha ugwayi.

For instance, Jackler points out that the FDA’s 2020 prohibition on flavored cartridges had no effect on young adults vaping rates since it left more than enough alternatives in the industry, including refillable pods and alahlwayo amagajethi. "Ishiye umgwaqo omkhulu wemizila eyisishiyagalombili," esho njengoba izinketho ezifanayo ezitholakalayo bezitholakala kalula kusetshenziswa enye insiza engahloliwe.

Yileyo kanye indlela i-South Carolina vaper uSam Rose akhumbula ngayo okwenzeka ngo-2020. Osemncane abangani bavele bashintshela kokunye ukunambitheka lapho i-FDA ikhawulela ukutholakala kwamagobolondo kagwayi ka-elekthronikhi anokunambitheka okumnandi.

"Kakhulu wonke umuntu owayekwenza wayexhumekile, ngakho-ke bavele bashintshela ekusebenziseni ukunambitheka kwe-menthol" noma amadivaysi asetshenziswa kanyekanye, ngokusho kukaRose.

Lolo wuhlobo lwesixazululo esiyingxenye esicasula abazali abanjengoMeredith Berkman. Ngokusho komsunguli we-Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes, kuze kube yile nyanga, i-FDA ibonakale inokungabaza ukukhawulela noma ukwenqabela i-menthol ngezisusa engakwazi ukuziqonda.

“Kusiza ekwenzeni ubuthi behle kalula,” kusho uBerkman, “futhi kuze kube yilapho leyo mikhiqizo enambitheka ikhishwa emashalofini, ngeke sikwazi ukwenza umehluko obonakalayo emqedazweni wentsha yokufufusa noma ukuyekisa izingane kwasekuqaleni.”

Ngokusho komcwaningi waseStanford uJackler, ama-ejensi alawulayo kufanele abhekane nezici ezintathu eziyinhloko ezenza i-vaping ikhange ku Osemncane isizukulwane: “okokuqala ukunambitheka, okwesibili ugwayi, okwesithathu izindleko.”

Osemusha angathola i-nicotine elingana nogwayi abangu-800 nge-$20

NgokukaJackler, abakhiqizi balinyuse kancane kancane inani le-nicotine emanzini abo e-vape, lisuka cishe ku-1% laya ku-6% noma ngaphezulu. Ngokuphambene nemikhiqizo ye-nicotine, lokhu kuvame ukwenza ugwayi we-elekthronikhi usebenze ngokwengqondo ngamandla kanye nomthombo oshibhe kakhulu kagwayi. Osemusha angathenga i-nicotine elingana namaphakethe ambalwa kagwayi ngamaRandi angu-20, ecishe ilingane namabhokisi angu-40, noma osikilidi abangu-800.

Ukuze kuncishiswe lokhu, uJackler uhlongoza ukuthi amadolobha nezifundazwe imishini yokukhipha intela isebenzise amanani aphezulu okwenza ugwayi ungatholakali kubantu abaningi. Osemncane abantu.

Usebenzise imali engaphezu kuka-$10,000 ohlelweni lwakhe lokukhipha umphunga esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka emine

Eqinisweni, izindleko zaba yisinqumo esikhulu esinqumweni sika-Sam Rose sokusula. Ulinganisela ukuthi wasebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$10,000 kugwayi we-elekthronikhi phakathi neminyaka emithathu nengxenye yokufutha i-cartridge nesigamu ngosuku. "Ngicishe ngibambe umlomo njalo uma ngicabanga ngaleyo nombolo," esho.

Nokho, imizamo yakhe yokuqala yokuyeka ibhuntshile lapho yena nomfowabo omncane betshela unina. Uthi: “Washaqeka, kodwa umbono wakhe wawuwukuthi, ‘Masiqhubeke.’” “Lokho kwakushintsha ngempela lokho,” kuchaza uRose njengoba ukuzizwa ephenduleka kwabakubo kwamsiza ukuba alwe nezifiso zikagwayi kwaze kwaba yilapho sebehambile. wahamba emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuba eyekile.

URose, osanda kufunda ekolishi, uyinxusa lomkhankaso weQiniso, inhlangano emelene nokubhema. Futhi, ungumphathi ejoyintini lokudla okusheshayo, lapho ekhonza khona kanye namalungu omndeni wakhe kuhlanganise nomama wakhe. Ufundisa izisebenzi ezisanda kweva eshumini nambili, eziyekisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi futhi aziphelezele emicimbini yezemidlalo ngezimpelasonto.

“Kuyamangaza ukuba kuleso simo futhi ubanikeze indawo evikelekile ukuze bahlangane futhi babone ukuthi akufanele bakhathazeke ngothile ozama ukubahlukumeza ngokungabhemi noma into enjalo,” kugomela uRose. Uthi ubona bembalwa kakhulu abantu ababhema i-e-cigarette endaweni yangakubo kulezi zinsuku. Uqhuba ngokuthi uzizwa exhumene kakhulu nomama wakhe kunakuqala “njengoba ngiyaqonda ukuthi akangifanele nokuthi zingaki izinto asenzele zona.”

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