Ukubhema kwentsha nokunye ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi kwehla kuya ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu eminyakeni engama-25, kubika i-CDC

I-NEW YORK (AP) - Ukubhema kwentsha kwehle kakhulu e-US kulo nyaka, okuyingxenye yokwehla okukhulu kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi kwentsha,uhulumeni wabikaULwesine.

Kube nokwehla ngo-20% enani elilinganiselwe labafundi besikole esiphakathi nesesikoleni esiphakeme abasanda kusebenzisa okungenani umkhiqizo owodwa kagwayi, okuhlanganisa nogwayi, ugwayi we-electronic, izikhwama ze-nicotine nama-hookah. Isibalo sisuke ezigidini ezingu-2.8 ngonyaka odlule safinyelela ezigidini ezingu-2.25 kulo nyaka - okuyisibalo esiphansi kunazo zonke kusukela kwaqala ucwaningo olubalulekile lweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention ngo-1999.

“Ukufinyelela ezingeni eliphansi leminyaka engu-25 lokusebenzisa umkhiqizo kagwayi wentsha kuyingqopha-mlando engavamile empilweni yomphakathi,” kusho uDeirdre Lawrence Kittner, umqondisi weHhovisi Lokubhema Nezempilo le-CDC, esitatimendeni. Nokho, “umsebenzi wethu usesekude nokuqedwa.”

Ukwehla kwe-vaping okubikwe ngaphambiliniikakhulukazi kuchaza ukwehla sekukonke kokusetshenziswa kukagwayi kusuka ku-10% kuya cishe ku-8% wabafundi, kusho izikhulu zezempilo.

Izinga le-e-cigarette yentsha lehle laya ngaphansi kwe-6% kulo nyaka, lehla lisuka ku-7.7% ngonyaka odlule - eliphansi kunawo wonke kunoma iyiphi indawo kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Ogwayi be-elekthronikhi yimikhiqizo kagwayi esetshenziswa kakhulu entsheni, bese kulandelaizikhwama ze-nicotine.

Ukusetshenziswa kweminye imikhiqizo kuyehla, nakho.

Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu edlule, cishe ama-30%.abafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme babebhema. Kulo nyaka, bekuyi-1.7% kuphela, yehle isuka ku-1.9%. Lokho kwehla konyaka owodwa kuncane kakhulu akubhekwa njengokubalulekile ngokwezibalo, kodwa kubonisa okuphansi kakhulu kusukela kwaqala inhlolovo eminyakeni engama-25 edlule. Izinga lesikole esiphakathi nalo lisezingeni eliphansi kakhulu.

Ukusetshenziswa kwakamuva kwama-hookah nakho kwehlile, kusuka ku-1.1% kuya ku-0.7%.

Imiphumela iphuma ocwaningweni lwaminyaka yonke lwe-CDC, oluhlanganisa abafundi abacishe babe ngu-30,000 bezikole ezimaphakathi nezikole eziphakeme ezikoleni ezingama-283. Izinga lokuphendula kulo nyaka belicishe libe ngama-33%.

Izikhulu zithi ukwehla lokhu kungenxa yezinyathelo eziningi, kusukela ekukhuphuleni amanani kanye nemikhankaso yokufundisa ngezempilo yomphakathi kuya ekukhawulweni kweminyaka nokunye.ukuphoqelela okunolakangokumelene nabathengisi nabakhiqizi abadayisela izingane imikhiqizo.

Phakathi kwabafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu, ukusetshenziswa kwanoma yimuphi umkhiqizo kagwayi kwehle kwafinyelela ku-10%, kusukela cishe ku-13% kanti ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi we-e-gwayi kwehle ngaphansi kuka-8%, kusuka ku-10%. Kodwa alukho ushintsho olubikiwe kubafundi basesikoleni esiphakathi, abangavamisile ukuvapa noma babheme noma basebenzise eminye imikhiqizo,

Ukusetshenziswa kwamanje kukagwayi kwehle phakathi kwamantombazane nabafundi base-Hispanic, kodwa kwaphakama phakathi kwabafundi base-American Indian noma base-Alaska Native. Futhi ukusetshenziswa kwamanje kwezikhwama ze-nicotine kwanda phakathi kwezingane ezimhlophe.

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