Kungekudala, uDavid Sweanor, uSihlalo weBhodi yeeNgcebiso zeZiko loMthetho wezeMpilo, uMgaqo-nkqubo kunye neeNdlela zokuziphatha kwiYunivesithi yaseOttawa, eCanada, watsalela ingqalelo ngokubanzi kwintetho yakhe kwi-4th Asia Harm Reduction Forum.Kwintetho yakhe, uDavid Sweanor ukhankanye inkqubela phambili yolawulo lwecuba eKhanada, eJapan, eIceland, eSweden nakwamanye amazwe, kwaye waqinisekisa ukuba ukukhuthaza iimveliso zokunciphisa ingozi ezifanai-e-cigaretteskubantu abatshayayo kuya kuba nempembelelo entle ekunciphiseni ukuthengiswa kwecuba namazinga okutshaya.

UDavid Sweanor,icubaingcali yokunciphisa umonakalo kunye noSihlalo weBhodi yeeNgcebiso zeZiko loMthetho wezeMpilo, uMgaqo-nkqubo kunye nokuziphatha kwiYunivesithi yaseOttawa.

Uninzi lwabadlali bephaneli kwiforamu babengabaxhasi bezicwangciso zokunciphisa umonakalo wecuba onciphisaicubaukonakalisa ngokukhuthaza iimveliso zokunciphisa umonakalo ezifana ne-e-cigarettes kunye nokubonelelaabatshayayongokhetho lokuyeka kunye nokunciphisa umonakalo.

Ngokutsho kukaDavid Sweanor, urhulumente waseKhanada uye wamkela isicwangciso sokunciphisa umonakalo wecuba ukuqhuba inkqubela yasekhaya kulawulo lwecuba.Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yorhulumente waseKhanada ikhankanya izifundo ezininzi ezigunyazisiweyo ezichaza ukubanakhoi-e-cigarettesyokuyeka ukutshaya kunye nokunciphisa umonakalo, kwaye ichaza ngokucacileyo ukuba abatshaya bayatshintshelai-e-cigarettesbaya kunciphisa ukuvezwa kwabo kwizinto ezinobungozi kwaye baphucule impilo yabo yonke.Ngelo xesha, i-website iphinda igxininise ukuba kukho ubungqina obuqinileyo bokuthi i-e-cigarettes inokuphucula kakhulu izinga lempumelelo yabatshayayo ekuyekeni.

Ngokwengxelo yeCanadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, ekubeni urhulumente wamkela iqhinga lokunciphisa ubungozi becuba kwaye wenza.i-e-cigarettesefumaneka eluntwini, izinga lokutshaya phakathi kwabantu abaneminyaka engama-20 ukuya kuma-30 eCanada lehlile ukusuka kwi-13.3% ngo-2019 ukuya kwi-8% ngo-2020.

Ukongezelela eKhanada, ngaphambili uDavid sweano wayekhokela ingxelo yohlolisiso olungotshintsho ekuthengisweni kwecuba eJapan.Uphando luthelekisa umkhwa weintengiso yecubaeJapan ukusuka ku-2011 ukuya ku-2019. Iziphumo zibonise ukwehla okucothayo kunye nokuzinzileyo ekuthengisweni kwecuba eJapan ngaphambi kowama-2016, kunye nokunyuka ngokuphindwe kahlanu kwiintengiso zecuba emva kokuthandwa kweemveliso zokunciphisa ingozi ezifana nokushisa-ukungatsha.

UDavid Sweanor ukholelwa ukuba olu tshintsho lumele impumelelo yeJapan ekunciphiseni ubungozi becuba.“Ukuthengiswa komdiza eJapan kwehle ngesinye kwisithathu ngexesha elifutshane kakhulu.Oku akuzange kuphunyezwe ngamanyathelo asisinyanzelo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba abantu abatshayayo babenenye indlela yokunciphisa ingozi.”

Kwamanye amazwe achasene neemveliso zokunciphisa umonakalo ezifanai-e-cigarettes, uDavid Sweanor ucebisa ukuba la mazwe anokufunda okungakumbi kumazwe anjengeUnited Kingdom neSweden.

EUnited Kingdom, i-e-cigarettes yeyona mveliso idumileyo yokunciphisa ingozi yokuyeka ukutshaya.Urhulumente ukhuthaza ukubandakanywa kwei-e-cigaretteskwi-inshurensi yezempilo, phakathi kwezinye iindlela, ukuqinisekisa ukuba abatshayayo yonke ingeniso kunye neendlela zobomi banokusebenzisa imveliso ukuyeka.Ngokufanayo, iSweden, iNorway kunye ne-Iceland bezisebenza kwiminyaka yamuva nje ukukhuthaza utshintsho kwiimveliso zokunciphisa ingozi kubantu abatshayayo.Phakathi kwabo, i-Iceland nayo ibone amazinga okutshaya ehla malunga neepesenti ze-40 kwiminyaka nje emithathu emva kokuvumela iimveliso ze-e-cigarette ukuba zithengiswe.

“Kuyaziwa ukuba abantuukutshayangenxa yenikotini, kodwa ufe ngenxa yetela.Ngoku kuye kwavela iimveliso zenikotini ezikhuselekileyo.Ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo yolawulo yamazwe inokukhokela abatshaya ukuba batshintshele kwiimveliso zokunciphisa ingozi ezifanai-e-cigaretteskunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iimveliso zokunciphisa ingozi zithengiswa ngokufanelekileyo, kulindeleke ukuba imeko yezempilo yoluntu iphuculwe kakhulu ngobu bugcisa. "UDavid Sweanor uthe.