(AFP) - Iingcali zempilo zikhusele i-e-cigarette kwinkomfa echasene nokutshaya e-Abu Dhabi ngoLwesihlanu, ukukhupha iinkxalabo ezinokuthi ziphembelele umlutha we-nicotine kwabaselula. Uninzi lwezi ngcali, nangona kunjalo, zivumile ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarettes kufuneka kulawulwe kuba iziphumo zazo zisencinci kakhulu.
Nangona kunjalo, intloko yoMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO), uMargaret Chan, ngoLwesithathu uvakalise inkxaso yakhe koorhulumente abavala okanye abalawula ukusetyenziswa kwe-cigarettes ye-elektroniki.
« Ukungatshayi yinto eqhelekileyo kwaye i-e-cigarettes iya kuyiphambukisa le ngcinga eqhelekileyo njengoko iya kukhuthaza ukutshaya, ngakumbi kubantu abatsha.", uxelele iintatheli ecaleni kweNkomfa yeHlabathi yeCuba kunye neMpilo, ebanjelwe kwikomkhulu le-United Arab Emirates.
Kodwa kuJean-François Etter, utitshala kwiYunivesithi yaseGeneva, " i-e-cigarettes, inikotine (i-lozenji) kunye ne-cuba inhalers akufuneki zilawulwe ngokugqithisileyo“. Iyakwazi" ukunciphisa inani labantu abatshayayo ababhenela kwezi mveliso zintsha” ukuze kungenelwe “kuphela amaqela aphambili eenkampani zecuba".
I-e-cigarettes yokuqala yaveliswa e-China ngo-2003 kwaye ukususela ngoko bayonwabela impumelelo ekhulayo kwihlabathi jikelele.
U-Alan Blum, ugqirha oqhelekileyo kunye nomlawuli weZiko leCuba kunye neZifundo zoLuntu kwiYunivesithi yaseAlabama, uncoma ngokubanzi i-e-cigarettes kwizigulane zakhe ezifuna ukuyeka ukutshaya, kunokuba " ukubanika iyeza elineziphumo ebezingalindelekanga kwaye elingasebenzi kakuhle kakhulu“. Kodwa uyakucekisa ukusetyenziswa kwayo ngabantwana, okanye isibakala sokuba abanye beyisebenzisa nentsangu okanye intsangu.
UMnu. Farsalinos kwelakhe icala ucaphule uphando olungekapapashwa ngokuthi “ ukuba i-3% yabantu abatshayayo bathatha i-e-cigarettes, abanye abazizigidi ezibini baya kusindiswa kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ezayo.".
Ngokutsho kwe-WHO, icuba libulala abantu abaphantse babe zizigidi ezithandathu ngonyaka kwaye ukuba akukho nyathelo lithathwa ngokukhawuleza, liya kuba zizigidi ezisibhozo ngo-2030.
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