NgoJanuwari 24, 2020, 4:04 AM CST

NguRosemary Guerguerian, MD

I-e-cigarettes isoloko ikhuthazwa njengesixhobo sokunceda abantu abatshayayo bayeke, kodwa akukho bungqina baneleyo besayensi bokuxhasa eli bango.Noko ke, kukho ubungqina bokuba ulutsha oluninzi lwaziswa kuboicuba ngokusebenzisa i-e-cigarettes.

UGqirha uGqirha uJerome Adams ucaphule ubungqina bangaphambili ngoLwesine, xa wayethetha ngengxelo kaGqirha Jikelele ka-2020.icuba.Ingxelo yalo nyaka—eyengamashumi amathathu anesine xa iyonke—yeyokuqala kumashumi amathathu eminyaka ukuba inike ingqwalaselaukuyeka ukutshayangokukodwa.

Ingxelo iza phakathi kwengxoxo eshushu malungai-e-cigarettes enencasa, amagosa ezempilo karhulumente athi ahuka abantwana.Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, i-Food and Drug Administration ibhengeze ukuvalwa kwayo phantse zonke iimveliso ze-e-cigarette ezinencasa, ngaphandle kwe-menthol kunye neepods ezinencasa yecuba.

Inkomfa yeendaba ngoLwesine, u-Adams wabongoza abantu ukuba bagxininise kwinto uphando olubonise ngayoi-e-cigarettes.

Uninzi lwezifundo ezikhoyo malunga nokuba i-e-cigarettes inokunceda abantu bayeke icuba, nangona kunjalo, ibandakanya iimveliso ezithile, ke ezi ziphumo azinakusetyenziswai-e-cigaretteslilonke, Adams uthe, esongeza ukuba uninzi lweemveliso eziye zaphononongwa zitshintshile, kwaye kukho ezinye ezingenakubalwa kwimarike.

Nangona uphando ekugqibeleni lungonelanga ukwenza izigqibo malunga nokuba i-e-cigarettes sisixhobo esisebenzayo sokuyeka, u-Adams uthe ukhuthaza iinkampani ukuba zifake izicelo kwi-FDAi-e-cigarettesnjengoncedo lokuyeka.