4.3 Millions Britons Manje Use E-cigarettes, A Ukwanda Okuphindwe ka-5 Eminyakeni eyi-10

Irekhodi labantu abayizigidi ezingu-4.3 e-UK basebenzisa i-e-cigarettes ngenkuthalo ngemuva kokwanda okuphindwe kahlanu eminyakeni eyishumi, ngokusho kombiko.

Cishe i-8.3% yabantu abadala eNgilandi, eWales naseScotland manje kukholakala ukuthi basebenzisa i-e-cigarettes njalo, kusukela ku-1.7% (cishe abantu abangu-800,000) eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule.

I-Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), okuyiyo elungise lo mbiko, ithe uguquko seluvele lwenzekile.

I-e-cigarettes ivumela abantu ukuthi bahogele i-nicotine esikhundleni sokubhema.

Njengoba i-e-cigarettes ingakhiqizi i-tar noma i-carbon monoxide, inengxenyana yezingozi zikagwayi, kusho i-NHS.

Uketshezi kanye nomhwamuko kuqukethe amakhemikhali angaba yingozi, kodwa emazingeni aphansi kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, imiphumela yesikhathi eside engaba khona ye-e-cigarettes ayicacile.

I-ASH ibika ukuthi babalelwa ezigidini ezingu-2.4 abasebenzisi bakagwayi base-UK abake babhema, abayizigidi ezingu-1.5 basabhema kanti abangu-350,000 abakaze babheme.

Nokho, u-28% wabantu ababhemayo uthe abakaze bawuzame ugwayi we-e-cigarette - kanti oyedwa kwabayishumi kubo unovalo lokuthi akaphephile ngokwanele.

Umuntu oyedwa kwabahlanu owayekade ebhema uthe ukufutha umoya kubasize bagqashule kulo mkhuba. Lokhu kubonakala kuhambisana nendikimba ekhulayo yobufakazi bokuthi i-e-cigarettes ingasebenza ngempumelelo ekusizeni abantu ukuba bayeke ukubhema.

Ama-vaper amaningi abika kusetshenziswa amasistimu e-vaping avulelekayo avulekayo, kodwa kubonakala kunokwenyuka kokusetshenziswa kwe-vaping okukodwa - kusuka ku-2.3% ngonyaka odlule kuya ku-15% namuhla.

Kubukeka sengathi intsha iyakhula, njengoba cishe uhhafu wabaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengama-24 ubudala bethi bayisebenzisile le mishini.

I-vape yezithelo enambitheka elahlwayo elandelwa yi-menthol yiyona ndlela ethandwa kakhulu yokukhipha umphunga, ngokusho kombiko - inhlolovo ye-YouGov yabantu abadala abangaphezu kuka-13,000.

I-ASH ithe uhulumeni usedinga isu elithuthukisiwe lokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi.

IPhini likaMqondisi wakwa-ASH uHazel Cheeseman uthe: “Manje sebebaningi abasebenzisa ugwayi ka-e-cigarette ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunangonyaka ka-2012, futhi izigidi zabantu bazisebenzisa njengengxenye yokuyeka ukubhema.

Njengomholi owaziwa emhlabeni wonke emkhakheni wezokunakekelwa kwempilo, i-National Health Service (NHS), uhlelo lwesevisi yezokwelapha yamahhala olusungulwe emhlabeni wonke, lunconywa amazwe emhlabeni jikelele "ngezindleko zempilo eziphansi nokusebenza kahle kwezempilo".

I-Royal College of Physicians itshele ngokucacile odokotela ukuthi bakhuthaze ugwayi we-e-cigarette ngokubanzi ngangokunokwenzeka kubantu abafuna ukuyeka ukubhema. Iseluleko esivela ku-Public Health England ukuthi izingozi zokuphefumula ziyingxenye encane yezingozi zokubhema.

Ngokusho kwe-BBC, e-Birmingham, enyakatho yeNgilandi, izikhungo zezokwelapha ezimbili ezinkulu azithengisi nje ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, kodwa futhi zakha izindawo zokubhenywa kwe-e-cigarette, ezizibiza ngokuthi "isidingo sezempilo yomphakathi".

Ngokwezibalo zeNhlangano Yezempilo YaseBrithani, ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ungakhuphula izinga lempumelelo lokuyeka ukubhema cishe ngo-50%, futhi unganciphisa izingozi zezempilo okungenani ngama-95% uma kuqhathaniswa nogwayi.

Uhulumeni waseBrithani kanye nomphakathi wezokwelapha basekela i-e-cigarettes kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yombiko wokubuyekeza ozimele we-Public Health England (PHE), i-ejensi ephezulu ngaphansi koMnyango Wezempilo waseBrithani ngo-2015. Ukubuyekezwa kuphetha ngokuthi i-e-cigarettes yi-95 % iphephe kunogwayi ojwayelekile empilweni yabasebenzisi futhi isize amashumi ezinkulungwane zababhemi ukuba bayeke ukubhema.

Le datha kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yasakazwa kabanzi nguhulumeni waseBrithani kanye nezikhungo zezempilo ezifana ne-National Health Service (NHS), futhi isibe yithuluzi elinamandla lokuphromotha i-e-cigarettes esikhundleni sikagwayi ojwayelekile.