[I-Washington = Shunsuke Akagi] Ugwayi we-e uvele njengenkinga entsha yomphakathi e-United States.Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yi-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), u-14.1% wabafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu ezweni lonke bathi babheme ugwayi we-e phakathi kukaJanuwari noMeyi 2022.Ukusetshenziswa kogwayi be-elekthronikhi kuyasabalala phakathi kwabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme abancane nabanye, futhi kukhona uchungechunge lwamacala aqondiswe ezinkampanini zokuthengisa zikagwayi.

Yahlanganiswa ngokuhlanganyela yi-CDC kanye ne-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Izinga lokubhenywa kukagwayi liyehla e-United States, kodwa ukusetshenziswa kwentsha kukagwayi kuyanda.Kulolu cwaningo, u-3.3% wabafundi basesikoleni samabanga aphakeme abancane baphendule ngokuthi bayisebenzisile.

U-84.9% wabafundi besikole esiphakathi nesesikoleni esiphakeme abake basebenzisa ugwayi kagesi babhema ugwayi we-e-flavour onezithelo noma ukunambitheka kwe-mint.Kutholwe ukuthi u-42.3% wabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme nabasesikoleni esiphakeme abazama ugwayi we-e-cigarette ngisho nakanye baqhubeka nokubhema njalo.

NgoJuni, i-FDA yakhipha umyalo ovimbela isikhondlakhondla se-e-cigarette sase-U.S. uJuul Labs ekuthengiseni imikhiqizo ye-e-cigarette ekhaya.Le nkampani iphinde yamangalelwa ngokugqugquzela ukudayiswa kwezingane.Abanye bacele ukuthi kulawulwe kakhulu ugwayi we-elekthronikhi, abathi kwandisa ukuluthwa kwe-nicotine entsheni.