Iphepha elisha elibuyekezwe ngontanga elishicilelwe kuleli sonto ku-Drugs, Habits and Social Policy lilinganisela ukuthi manje sekunama-vaper ayizigidi ezingama-82 emhlabeni jikelele. Iphrojekthi ye-GSTHR, evela enhlanganweni yezempilo yomphakathi yase-UK i-Knowledge Action Change (KAC), ithole ukuthi isibalo sango-2021 simele amaphesenti angama-20 kulokho ngo-2020.
Ngokusho kwe-KAC, i-vaping iyindlela ephephe kakhulu kunokubhema. “Unyaka ngamunye, kufa abantu abayizigidi ezingu-8 ngenxa yokubhema emhlabeni wonke,” yabhala le nhlangano embhalweni wabezindaba. “Ukwanda kwenani lama-vaper, iningi lawo eliyobe selishintshe ukubhema esikhundleni se-vaping, ngakho-ke kuyisinyathelo esihle kakhulu emizamweni yokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi ovuthayo nokusheshisa ukuphela kokubhema.”
Lolu cwaningo olusha lweza ngemuva nje kokuthi uhulumeni wase-UK ememezele uhlelo lwakhe lwe-Swap to Stop, okuhloswe ngalo ukunikeza abantu ababhemayo abayizigidi ezingu-1 ikhithi yokuqala yamahhala yokubasiza bayeke ukubhema. Ngokusho kwe-KAC, imithetho yase-UK yokuphefumula evumelayo isize ukuqhubekisela phambili ukubhema ezingeni lakho eliphansi kunawo wonke emlandweni.
"Nokho-ke, ukwesekwa kwe-UK kwe-vaping yokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi kuhluke kakhulu esimweni samazwe amaningi," kubhala i-KAC. "Imininingwane ye-GSTHR ikhombisa ukuthi ama-vapes avinjelwe emazweni angama-36, futhi kwamanye amazwe angama-84 kunesikhala sokulawula nesishayamthetho. Izigidi zabantu ababhemayo ezifuna ukushintshela ku-vaping ephephe kakhudlwana azikwazi ukwenza kanjalo, noma zingase ziphoqeleke ukuthi zithenge imikhiqizo okungenzeka ayiphephile ezimakethe ezimnyama noma ezimpunga, ngenxa yokuvinjelwa, noma umthetho ompofu noma ongekho wemikhiqizo.”
Ucwaningo lwe-GSTHR lubonisa ukuthi naphezu kwemithetho evimbelayo noma ukuvinjelwa emazweni amaningi, amanani akhulayo abantu akhetha ukushintshela kwezinye izindlela eziphephile esikhundleni sikagwayi ovuthayo. “Kanye namanye amazwe anjenge-New Zealand, i-UK inikeza ubufakazi obuqinile bokuthi imiyalezo emihle kahulumeni mayelana ne-vaping yokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi ingasheshisa ukuncipha kwenani labantu ababhemayo,” kubhala i-KAC. “Kodwa umhlangano wamazwe ngamazwe ophathelene nokulawulwa kukagwayi ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka ungase ubeke engozini inqubekelaphambili yomhlaba wonke ekunciphiseni ukufa okuhlobene nokubhema kanye nezifo ngokunciphisa ukulimala kukagwayi,” kwenezela le nhlangano yezempilo yomphakathi, ibhekisela emhlanganweni wamaqembu e-World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on. Ukulawulwa Kogwayi kuhlelelwe uNovemba ePanama City.
I-WHO isalokhu iphikisana nokusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine ephephile ukuze uyeke ukubhema, naphezu kokusekela ukuncishiswa kokulimala kwezinye izindawo zempilo yomphakathi ezifana nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kanye nokuvimbela i-HIV/AIDS.
"Isilinganiso esibuyekeziwe se-Global State of Tobacco Reduction Reduction siphakamisa ukuthi manje sekunabantu abayizigidi ezingu-82 emhlabeni wonke aba-vape, okufakazela ukuthi abathengi bathola le mikhiqizo ikhanga," kusho uGerry Stimson, umqondisi we-KAC kanye noprofesa osekhulile e-Imperial College London. “Njengoba kufakazelwa e-UK, izigidi ziyayeka ukubhema. Imikhiqizo ye-nicotine ephephile inikeza ababhemayo abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane emhlabeni ithuba lokuyeka ukusebenzisa ezinye izindlela ezibeka izingozi ezimbalwa kakhulu empilweni yabo.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-22-2023
