Ngokocwaningo olusha, idatha ekhishwe yi-Tobacco Free Action 2025 (ASH) ikhombisa ukuthi intsha yase-Māori inezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokusebenzisa ugwayi we-e nsuku zonke ngamaphesenti angu-19.1, cishe amaphesenti angu-9 amaphuzu aphezulu kunabafundi base-Pacific Island futhi ephakeme kunabafundi basePaki Kazakh. ngamaphesenti angu-11.3 ngaphezulu.
Sekukonke, ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette nsuku zonke phakathi kwentsha kuphindwe kathathu, kusuka ku-3.1% kuya ku-9.6%
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iphesenti lentsha ebhemayo nsuku zonke lehla lisuka ku-2% ngo-2019 laya ku-1.3% ngo-2021.
"Nsuku zonke i-vaping kungenzeka ibe yilokho okwakuyikho eminyakeni engu-20 edlule," kusho uBen Youdan, umeluleki wenqubomgomo ye-ASH.“Sesiside isikhathi sibone amanani abantu ababhemayo.”
Idatha iwumphumela wocwaningo lwezifinyezo lwaminyaka yonke lwe-ASH lweminyaka eyi-10, olubuze intsha engaba ngu-30,000 ephakathi kweminyaka engu-14 nengu-15 mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho kwayo ngokubhema nokufutha.
Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi u-61% wabafundi bebanga le-10 abavapa nsuku zonke abakaze babheme.U-Youdan uthe abanye bangase basebenzise ugwayi we-e-cigarette ukusiza ukuyeka ukubhema, wathi awuyingozi kangako kunokubhema.
“Sinegebe elikhulu eNew Zealand ekuhlinzekeni izingane ngolwazi oluhle, olungaguquki, oluhlonishwayo nophephile mayelana nokuthi kwenzakalani nge-vaping ngoba zigcwele ulwazi oludidayo mayelana ne-vaping.”
Kodwa-ke, wazi kahle ukuthi i-ASH ibheka i-e-cigarettes njengenye indlela engcono yokubhema futhi njengethuluzi lokusiza abantu ukuba bayeke, ebhekisela ekubuyekezweni okuzimele okushicilelwe yi-Public Health England ngo-2015 okulinganisela ukuthi ugwayi we-e-cigarette uyingozi kakhulu kunogwayi. ukubhema 95% ngaphansi.
“Inkinga ayiyona ngempela i-nicotine;inkinga ukubhema, ngoba ukubhema kubulala abantu… I-Vaping isifinyeze lesi sifo ngezinga elikhulu,” kusho u-Youdan.
Izichibiyelo Zendawo Engabhemi Nemikhiqizo Elawulwayo (E-Cigarettes) zango-2020 zilawula ukuthi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uthengiswa futhi umakethwa kanjani.Kodwa-ke, u-Youdan uthe kunemikhawulo kulokho lo mthetho ongakufeza, njengoba ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi abafundi bathola i-e-cigarette kontanga yabo nakubantu abadala.
"Kudingeka sibe nengxoxo eyinkimbinkimbi mayelana nokuthi abantu abasha baphuphuma kuphi, kwenzekani ngalesi simo senhlalo, futhi sibanikeze amandla okwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi mayelana nokungazizami lezi zinto, ukungaluthwa yikho."Kusho uYodan.
Umqondisi wezokwelapha weCancer Society uGeorge Lake uthe angamangala uma kungaba nemiphumela emibi yesikhathi eside kuma-vaper.Kodwa-ke, utusa ukuvuza kuphela njengenye indlela yokubhema.
“Uma ubhema, into engcono kakhulu ongayenza ukuyeka.Uma ungakwazi ukuma, shintshela ku-vaping.”
“Ungasuka ku-vaping uye ku-vaping, noma ungasuka ku-vaping uye ku-vaping, ngoba ngokombono womuntu ophakathi nendawo, kuyindlela yokuthola i-nicotine.”
Uphikisa ngokuthi inqubomgomo yomphakathi inquma ukuthi umuntu uyashintsha yini kusuka ekubhemeni ukuya ekubhemeni futhi okuphambene nalokho.
Uthi ukunyuka kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-e-cigarette kube nokuningi okukhathazeka ngakho.
“Bazoba nezindlu zokuhlala?Bazoba nayo imisebenzi?Kuzokwenzekani ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu?”
U-Lekin uthi ukwehlisa iminyaka yokuvota kungasiza abantu abasha abaningi ukuba bazizwe bekwazi ukulawula futhi bangabi buhlungu.