E-United States, sivame ukuhlangana nezifundo ezimangazayo nezingacacile… Kulokhu kwakuse-Utah lapho ucwaningo kubikwa ukuthi lwathola ukuthi abantu abasha abaphuza utshwala, ingxenye enkulu, bangabasebenzisi bakagwayi we-electronic.
SIBHEKELE ESIZUKUZWENI ESISEDUZE Esakhiwe AMAVAPER OTSHWALA?
UMnyango Wezempilo wase-Utah kanye noMnyango Wezabasebenzi base-Utah babambisane ocwaningweni olwabonisa amanani aphezulu abantu abasha okuthi ngaphezu kokuphuza utshwala bangabasebenzisi be-e-cigarette.
U-Karlee Adams, inhloko ye-Utah Tobacco Prevention and Control Programme uthi: I-Nicotine iyalutha kakhulu futhi abantu abaningi abasebenzisa imikhiqizo kagwayi bayalutheka ngaphambi kweminyaka eyi-19 »
Ucwaningo Lwezempilo Nokuvimbela Izingozi Zabafundi (i-SHARP) lwenziwa njalo ngonyaka oyinqaba futhi lubuza imibuzo mayelana nempilo yomzimba nengqondo, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa, nokunye ukuziphatha.
Ngokwalolu cwaningo, u-59,8% wentsha yase-Utah ebike ukuthi iphuze utshwala ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule nayo ibike ukuthi isebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi noma imikhiqizo yokuphefumula. Ngokwemiphumela, uma kuqhathaniswa, bangama-23,1% kuphela abantu abasha ababike ukuthi babheme ugwayi futhi baphuze utshwala ezinsukwini ezingama-30 ezedlule. U-11% wabafundi ababuzwayo uthe bawusebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, cishe u-9% uthe uphuze utshwala kanti u-3% uthe uyabhema.
Ngokusobala lolu "cwaningo" aluyona into encane futhi lunomgomo ocacile owukulawula ngokuqinile ugwayi we-electronic. Ekutholeni kwalo, ucwaningo luthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kotshwala nogwayi phakathi kwentsha yase-Utah ukukhawulela izitolo nokukhawulela ukukhangisa.
Lo mbiko uphinde uncome ukuqiniswa kwemithetho eqinile evimbela abantu abadala ukuthi banikeze abantu abasha utshwala noma imikhiqizo kagwayi.
« Siyazi ukuthi utshwala ne-nicotine kungathinta ukukhula kobuchopho bentsha. Ukusetshenziswa kwale mikhiqizo kukodwa noma inhlanganisela kungase kube nemiphumela lapho usumdala " , kusho Susannah Burt, umphathi wohlelo lokuvikela ophikweni lokuxhashazwa kwezidakamizwa kanye nempilo yengqondo.