Kwimeko apho ukusetyenziswa kwecuba eliqhelekileyo kuncipha, ukusetyenziswa kwe-nicotine phakathi kolutsha kubonakala kuthatha uhlobo olutsha, oluqonda ngakumbi kodwa oluxhalabisayo. Iingxowa ze-nicotine ze-Zyn, ezikhupha ngokuthe ngcembe inikotini xa zibekwe kwintsini, ziya zithandwa ngakumbi, ngakumbi kwiindawo zesikolo. NgokukaKelly Donoghue, umfundisi-ntsapho kwiSithili sesi-2 seSikolo saseDorchester eSummerville (e-USA), lo mkhwa wokusetyenziswa kweemveliso zenikotini ezingatshayiyo ubonakala ngokucacileyo phakathi kwabafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, nangona engazange amqwalasele ngokuthe ngqo umfundi xa esitya eklasini. Ingqiqo yezi mveliso yenza ukuba ukufumanisa kwabo kube nzima, ngokungafaniyo nokutshaya kwendabuko, okuthe, ngevumba layo, kungcatsha abantu abatshayayo.
Uphononongo olukhokelwa nguBrandon Sanford weYunivesithi yezoNyango yaseSouth Carolina lufumanisa ukuba nangona ukusetyenziswa kwecuba elinokutsha (imidiza kunye neesiga) kuncipha, ukusetyenziswa kwenikotini kuhlala kuzinzile ngokwentelekiso, ikakhulu ngenxa yokufutha. Uphononongo lubonisa ukonyuka kwe-21% yokufunxa inikotini ngomphunga phakathi kuka-2013 no-2021, ngelixa ukutshaya kwehle nge-18%. Le meko iyothusa kakhulu eMzantsi Carolina, apho ukufikelela lula kunye nokuqonda kwi-nicotine kwandisa umngcipheko wokuba likhoboka.
Izingxobo zenikotini ezifana neZyn, ezibonelela ngokukhutshwa kancinci kodwa ezinoxinzelelo olukhulu lwenikotini, zibeka umngcipheko othile. Ngokuchasene noko bekulindelwe, uninzi lwabasebenzisi abatsha bezi mveliso ze-nicotine ezingenamsi abazange baguquke kwi-cigarettes, kodwa babamkele njengoqhagamshelwano lwabo lokuqala kunye ne-nicotine. Oku kuyaphikisana noluvo lokuba ezi mveliso zingasetyenziselwa ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwecuba.
Iimpembelelo zempilo zokusetyenziswa inikotini nangaluphi na uhlobo, ngakumbi phakathi kwabantu abancinci abangqondo zabo zingekakhuli ngokupheleleyo, zinzulu. U-Ashley Bodiford, umlawuli wothintelo kwiBhunga lokuSetyenziswa gwenxa koTywala neZiyobisi laseLexington/Richland, uthi ukuchanabeka kwizinto ngaphambi kokuba ufikelele kwiminyaka engama-25 ubudala kwandisa kakhulu umngcipheko wokukhula kokuphazamiseka kokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi. Oku kubangele ukuba ootitshala kulo lonke ilizwe baxele ukwanda kokusetyenziswa kwezi zixhobo ngabantu abatsha.
Ejongene nale ngxaki, uBeth Bernstein, ummeli weDemocratic State Representative yaseRichland County, uphakamisa umthetho ojolise ekuthinteleni ukufikelela kwabancinci kubathengisi becuba kunye nokomeleza izohlwayo zokuphulwa kwabo. Ukongeza, ityala lamva nje elichasene noPhilip Morris, umenzi we-Zyn sachets, liphakamisa inkxalabo malunga nendlela ezi mveliso zithengiswa ngayo kubantwana kwaye inikezela ngolwazi olunganeleyo malunga neengozi ezinokuthi zibekho, njengokukhobokisa kunye neengxaki ezahlukeneyo zempilo.
Ngaphandle kweenkxalabo, ezinye iingcali, ezifana neSanford, zicinga ukuba ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso zomphunga kunye neengxowa zenikotini zihlala zikhetheka kunezo zeemveliso ezitshayo. Noko ke, umbutho kaBodiford uye waphawula ukwanda kwezicelo ezivela ezikolweni zokucela uncedo ekuphuhliseni imigaqo-nkqubo ephathelele ukusetyenziswa kwenikotini ekhampasini, nto leyo ebonisa imfuneko enkulu yeenkqubo zoncedo kunezohlwayo ezilula.
