Engxoxweni yakamuva eyenziwe ngozakwethu abavela I-Atlantico, Gerard Dubois, ilungu le-National Academy of Medicine, lapho ephethe isikhundla sikaMongameli we-Addictions Commission, unikeza umbono wakhe nge-e-cigarettes, ugwayi oshisayo, umlutha kanye nokusetshenziswa phakathi kwabantu abasha.
“I-VAPING KUQEDA UKUCHAZEKA EZINTO EZIYINGOZI KAGAYA”
Engxoxweni yayo, isiza se-Atlantico sibuza imibuzo emithathu Gerard Dubois ilungu leNational Academy of Medicine, lapho ebambe khona isikhundla sokuba nguSihlalo weKhomishana Yemilutha. Ungumbhali-ndawonye wombiko we "Sages Ezinhlanu" kuNgqongqoshe Wezindaba Zezenhlalakahle Wezempilo Yomphakathi emsuka womthetho we-Evin.
Ukuyeka ugwayi we-elekthronikhi kungaba kanjani nzima njengokuyeka ukubhema? Uma kuqhathaniswa, yimuphi umkhiqizo ongase ube umlutha?
UGerard Dubois: I-vapoteuse (igama elikhethwayo kugwayi we-elekthronikhi) isusa ukuchayeka ezintweni eziyingozi ezikhiqizwa ukushisisa noma ukusha kukagwayi ngoba awunawo ugwayi. I-Tars, ukwenza lula, iyimbangela yezinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza, owaziwa kakhulu ngawo owephaphu. I-Carbon monoxide (CO) iyigesi ebangela izifo zenhliziyo (eyaziwa kakhulu okuyi-myocardial infarction). Njengoba ugwayi ubulala oyedwa kwababili kubathengi bawo abathembekile, siyaqonda ukuthi i-vaping inciphisa kakhulu izingozi. Ngokuqhathanisa, i-vaping ishayela ku-140 km/h emgwaqeni onguthelawayeka, ugwayi obhemayo ushayela ngendlela engafanele! Ukuncika (noma ukulutheka) kugwayi kuthiwa kubangelwa i-nicotine, leyo kumuntu obhemayo ayinayo cishe eminye imiphumela emibi. Ezinye izinto ezikugwayi nazo zinomthelela ekubeni umlutha ngakho-ke azikho kuma-vaper. Ama-vapers angenawo ugwayi akufanele adidaniswe nemikhiqizo eshisayo, ethengiswa imboni kagwayi enamazinga ahlukahlukene empumelelo, aqukethe ugwayi.
I-United States ibone ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette phakathi kwentsha. Ingabe sibona into efanayo eFrance?
Cha, hhayi ukuthi ngiyazi. Kufanele wazi ukuthi e-United States, umkhawulo we-nicotine wama-vapers uphakeme kakhulu kunaseYurophu (5,9% uma uqhathaniswa no-2%). Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu abasha bahloselwe abakhiqizi be-vape, ngobudlova ngisho ngomunye wabo owavela ngo-2017 futhi namuhla othatha cishe i-3/4 yemakethe yaseMelika. Ifomu layo elingukhiye we-USB liyenze yaba imfashini ekhuliswa amanethiwekhi omphakathi kanye “nabagqugquzeli” bayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ikhiqiza intuthu encane, evumela ukusetshenziswa okuhlakaniphile noma kuphi (ngisho nasekilasini!). I-FDA isanda kusabela ngokuqinile, noma kusekwephuzile. Le vape, esanda kufakwa emakethe nge-inthanethi eFrance, iyisihloko sophenyo yi-FDA mayelana nemikhuba yayo yokuhweba futhi izindawo zayo zahlaselwa ngoSepthemba 2018. Ngaphansi kosongo lokuvinjelwa kwemikhiqizo yayo , ihoxile emikhiqizweni yemakethe yaseMelika enamakha athakazelelwa kakhulu abantu abasha (umango, i-crème brûlée, ikhukhamba).
Ingabe kufanele siqinise ukugadwa kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi?
Ukuthengwa okungaphelele kwe-35% yamasheya omkhiqizi oyinhloko wama-vaporizers e-United States ngu-Altria (umnikazi we-Marlboro!) ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-12,8 kanti lo wakamuva usanda kuthenga u-45% womkhiqizi wensangu waseCanada ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1,8. kufanele sikhathazeke. Le nkampani kagwayi yayingenye yalezo ezalahlwa kanzima eminyakeni engu-12 edlule ngemikhuba yohlobo lwe-mafia (umthetho we-RICO). Umthetho waseFrance nowaseYurophu mayelana ne-vaping kumele wenze kube nokwenzeka ukukhawulela imiphumela yako engemihle inqobo nje uma ingavinjwa yilabo abenze umsebenzi ovuselelwe amashumi eminyaka. EFrance, ugwayi we-electronic kuze kube manje uhambisane nokwehla kokuchayeka kukagwayi ne-nicotine phakathi kwentsha. Kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi lokhu kuyaqhubeka futhi kuphikisane nezinyathelo eziyingozi zemikhuba ethile yezohwebo engabazisayo okuhloswe ngayo ukwenza utshalomali olukhulu olunenzuzo edinga inzuzo esheshayo.
