(AFP) - Ochwepheshe bezempilo bawuvikele ugwayi we-e-cigarette engqungqutheleni yokulwa nokubhema e-Abu Dhabi ngoLwesihlanu, bakuchitha ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ungase ubhebhethekise umlutha we-nicotine kwentsha. Nokho iningi lalaba chwepheshe livumile ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi kufanele kulawulwe ngoba imiphumela yawo ayaziwa kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, inhloko yeWorld Health Organisation (WHO), uMargaret Chan, ngoLwesithathu uzwakalise ukweseka kwakhe ohulumeni abavala noma abalawula ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi.
« Ukungabhemi kuyinsakavukela umchilo wesidwaba futhi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uzochezukisa lokhu kucabanga okuvamile njengoba uzogqugquzela ukubhema, ikakhulukazi entsheni.", utshele izintatheli eceleni kweNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Yogwayi Nezempilo, ebanjelwe enhlokodolobha ye-United Arab Emirates.
Kodwa kuJean-François Etter, uthisha eNyuvesi yaseGeneva, " ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, i-nicotine (ama-lozenge) neziphefumula zikagwayi akufanele zilawulwe ngokweqile“. Kungase " banciphise inani lababhemayo abaphendukela kule mikhiqizo emisha” ukuze kuzuze “amaqembu amakhulu kuphela ezinkampani zikagwayi".
Osikilidi bokuqala be-elekthronikhi bakhiqizwa eShayina ngo-2003 futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi bajabulela impumelelo ekhulayo emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Alan Blum, udokotela ojwayelekile kanye nomqondisi weSikhungo Sogwayi Nezifundo Zenhlangano eNyuvesi yase-Alabama, ngokuvamile utusa ugwayi we-e ezigulini zakhe ezifuna ukuyeka ukubhema, kunokuba " ubanikeze umuthi onemiphumela emibi futhi ongasebenzi kahle kakhulu“. Kodwa uyakugxeka ukusetshenziswa kwayo yizingane, noma ukuthi abanye bayisebenzisa newunga noma insangu.
UMnu. Farsalinos kwengxenye yakhe ucaphune ucwaningo olungakashicilelwa ngokusho kwalo “ uma u-3% wababhemi besebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, izimpilo eziyizigidi ezimbili zizosindiswa eminyakeni engamashumi amabili ezayo.".
Ngokwe-WHO, ugwayi ubulala abantu abacela ezigidini eziyisithupha ngonyaka kanti uma kungekho zinyathelo ezithathwayo ngokushesha, zizoba izigidi eziyisishiyagalombili ngo-2030.
Umthombo : leparisien.fr/
