Ngokufika kwimarike ye-e-cigarette, akunakwenzeka ukuthetha ukuba akukho sisombululo sikhoyo ngokuchasene nokutshaya. Nangona kunjalo, abaninzi abantu abadala abanesifo senhliziyo bayazazi iingozi, kodwa nangona imbali yokuhlaselwa yintliziyo okanye i-stroke musa ukuyeka ukutshaya. Ukuphendula kwesi siphumo, abaphandi bayabuza " ukuzibophelela ngamandla kwabo bathatha izigqibo kodwa nakumaqela okhathalelo olusisiseko ukuba babonelele ngonyango kunye nokubonelela ngeengcebiso malunga nokuyeka ukutshaya kubantu abanezifo zentliziyo”.
OKANYE NGAPHEZU KWE-40% ICINGA INYANGA YE-E-CIGARETTE IYINGOZI!
Olu luhlalutyo lwedatha evela kuphononongo olukhulu lwesizwe Uvavanyo lwabemi beCuba kunye nesifundo seMpilo (PATH). Olu hlalutyo luvumele abaphandi ukuba baqhathanise amazinga okutshaya ngexesha phakathi kwabathathi-nxaxheba abadala be-2.615 abaneembali ezizibikayo zokuhlaselwa yintliziyo, ukungaphumeleli kwentliziyo, ukubetha, okanye esinye isifo senhliziyo. Aba bathathi-nxaxheba bagqibe uphando lwe-4 kwisithuba sokulandelela iminyaka emi-5.
- Ngokubandakanywa, okt ngo-2013, phantse isinye kwisithathu sabathathi-nxaxheba (28,9%) babhengeza ukuba bayatshaya okanye basebenzise imveliso yecuba. Abaphandi babonisa ukuba eli nqanaba lokutshaya lihambelana malunga ne-6 yezigidi zabantu abadala baseMelika abatshayayo, nangona imbali yesifo senhliziyo (CVD);
- I-82% yokutshaya i-cigarettes, i-24% ye-cigars, i-23% ye-e-cigarettes, kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba abaninzi basebenzisa iimveliso ezininzi zecuba;
- Ukusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarette ngaphandle kokusetyenziswa kwe-cigarette edibeneyo kwakunqabile (1,1%) phakathi kwabathathi-nxaxheba abane-CVD;
- ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso zecuba ezingenamsi kuxelwe yi-8,2% yabathathi-nxaxheba kwaye ukusetyenziswa kwezinye iimveliso zecuba kwakunqabile;
- ekupheleni kophando, i-4 kwiminyaka emi-5 kamva, ngaphantsi kwe-25% yalaba batshayayo abane-CVD baye bayeka; izinga labo lokuthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yokuyeka ukutshaya lisuke kwi-10% ukuya malunga ne-2%…
Omnye wababhali abaphambili, i UGqr Cristian Zamora, kumayeza angaphakathi kwi-Albert Einstein College of Medicine izimvo malunga nezi ziphumo: « Kumalunga nokuba ngaphandle kweenzuzo ezibhalwe kakuhle zokuyeka ukutshaya, ngakumbi emva kokuxilongwa kwesifo sentliziyo, zimbalwa izigulana eziyeka ukutshaya. ».
Kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba i-95,9% ithi iyazi ukuba ukutshaya kuyingxenye yesifo senhliziyo kwaye ngakumbi ukuba I-40,2% ithi i-e-cigarettes ayinabungozi ngaphantsi kwe-cigarettes eqhelekileyo. Ubungqina bokuba ngokukhuthaza i-vaping, ngokucacileyo kunokwenzeka ukunciphisa imingcipheko kwaba bantu abadala abanesifo sentliziyo. Kuseyimfuneko ukuba abathathi-zigqibo bezopolitiko bayeke ukugxeka kunye nokulawula i-vape ngazo zonke iindleko!
imvelaphi : Ijenali ye-American Heart Association (JAHA) 9 Jun 2021 DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021118 Ukusetyenziswa kwecuba ukuBantu kunye noTshintsho ukusuka kwi-2013 ukuya kwi-2018 phakathi kwabantu abadala abaneMbali ye-Cardiovascular Disease
