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Izindaba ezivela ku-Bluehole New Consumer,Abacwaningi abavela ku-MGH kanye noprofesa osewathatha umhlalaphansi u-Jama wase-UCSF ngokuhlanganyela bashicilele umbiko wokuhlaziya-okuthola ukuthi ukuba umlutha wentsha yaseMelika ku-e cig kuya ngokuqhubekayo futhi kubi kakhulu.

Ekuhlaziyweni kwedatha yenhlolovo kazwelonke kagwayi yentsha yaminyaka yonke (inhlolovo kazwelonke yabafundi besikole esiphakathi emabangeni 6-12), abacwaningi bathola ukuthi ukuvama kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi phakathi kwentsha kwanda kakhulu ngo-2019, kwase kwehla.Kodwa-ke, iminyaka yokusebenzisa ugwayi we-e-cigarette wehla kusukela ku-2014 kuya ku-2021, futhi ukuqina kokusetshenziswa nokulutha kwanda ngemva kokwethulwa kwemikhiqizo ye-nicotine ene-protonated.I-nicotine ene-protonated ikhiqizwa ngokungeza i-asidi oketshezini lwentuthu kagesi, okwenza i-nicotine ibe lula donsa umoya.Kusukela uJuul ephayona i-nicotine ye-protonated, iye yamukelwa kabanzi ezinye izinkampani zikagwayi we-elekthronikhi.Iminyaka yokusetshenziswa kokuqala kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi yehla ngezinyanga ezingu-1.9 njalo ngonyaka, kuyilapho ubudala bokusebenzisa ugwayi okokuqala,ogwayinogwayi ongenantuthu awushintshanga kakhulu.Ngo-2017, i-e-cigarette izoba umkhiqizo wokuqala ovame kakhulu.

Ukuba umlutha we-nicotine kagwayi we-elekthronikhi, okukalwa ngamathuba okuwusebenzisa phakathi nemizuzu engu-5 ngemva kokuvuka, kuyinkomba yokulutheka, okwandayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.Ngo-2019, abasebenzisi bakagwayi abaningi abasebasha bazosebenzisa umkhiqizo wabo wokuqala kagwayi phakathi nemizuzu engu-5. ngemva kokuvuka, ngaphezu kukagwayi nayo yonke eminye imikhiqizo kuhlangene.Ngo-2017, iphesenti labasebenzisi be-e-cigarette kuphela abasebenzisa i-e-cigarettes phakathi nemizuzu engu-5 ngemva kokuvuka lizoba ngu-1%, kodwa lizokhula unyaka nonyaka.Ngo-2021, u-10.3% wabantu abasha bazosebenzisa ugwayi wabo wokuqala we-e kungakapheli imizuzu emi-5 ngemva kokuvuka. 

Ukusetshenziswa okumaphakathi kukagwayi we-elekthronikhi nakho kukhuphuke kusuka ezinsukwini ezi-3-5 ngenyanga ngo-2014-2018 kuya ezinsukwini eziyisi-6-9 ngenyanga ngo-2019-2020 kanye nezinsuku eziyi-10-19 ngenyanga ngo-2021. ukuthi abantu abasha abayizigidi ezingu-2.55 basebenzisa ugwayi we-electronic, kanti u-27.6% wentsha usebenzisa ugwayi we-electronic nsuku zonke.Izibalo eziqhathanisekayo ezibikwe kuleli phepha zango-2021 ziyizigidi ezi-2.1 kanye nama-24.7%.

“Ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi wesimanje we-elekthronikhi kugqamisa izidingo zomtholampilo zentsha ukuze kuxazululwe inkinga yokuba umlutha walezi zimo ezintsha.imikhiqizo ye-nicotinekoxhumana nabo abaningi basemtholampilo”, kusho u-Jonathan P. Winickoff, Umbhali Omkhulu, udokotela wezokwelapha, umpetha wezempilo yomphakathi, udokotela wezingane we-MGH kanye noprofesa wezifo zezingane e-Harvard Medical School.“Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele kusetshenziswe imithetho eqinile, okuhlanganisa nokuvinjelwa okuphelele kokudayiswa kwemikhiqizo kagwayi enongiwe emazingeni kahulumeni nawendawo.Isibonelo, iCalifornia ivotele i-Proposition 31 ngoNovemba”, kwengeza uSolwazi noDokotela Stanton A.Glantz