Njengoba ukuthandwa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi kuyanda, akumangazi ukuthola lokho ngonyaka odlule eMpumalanga yeNgilandi U-44% wababhemayo kakade sebesebenzise i-e-cigarette ukuze bazame ukuyeka ukubhema. Ngosuku Olungekho Ugwayi, u-La I-British Heart Foundation (BHF) wathatha ithuba lokwenza ucwaningo oseludaluliwe manje.
Ithuluzi lokufunda ngokubhema ovela e-University College London wembula ngo-2015 ukuthi inani lababhemayo eNgilandi abasebenzisa i-e-cigarettes ukuzama ukuyeka ukubhema. lase lidlule isigidi. Ngempela, ama-e-cigarettes ayaqhubeka nokukhula ekudumeni uma kuqhathaniswa nezinto ezithatha indawo ye-nicotine njengezinsini, ama-patches, njll. Ukuhlola kwamuva nje kwababhemayo nama-vaper eMpumalanga yeNgilandi ngoSuku Lokungekho Ugwayi kwabonisa lokho U-78% wabasebenzisi baka-e-cigarette bawuyekile ngokuphelele ugwayi.
Ngakho-ke ucwaningo lwaphetha ngokuthi Ama-53% ama-vapers bamemezele ukuthi basebenzisa i-e-cigarette yabo njengosizo lokuyeka ugwayi ngenkathi U-23% wababhemi abahloliwe vuma ukuthi udidekile mayelana nemilayezo yezempilo mayelana nogwayi we-elekthronikhi.
Ngokuba UDkt Mike Knapton, isekela lomqondisi wezokwelapha e-BHF: “ Nakuba i-e-cigarettes iyingozi kakhulu kunogwayi, akungabazeki ukuthi ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka emiphumeleni yesikhathi eside engaba khona ye-vaping.
