Abathengisi be-Synthetic Nicotine Vapes ku-Instagram Basebenzisa Imithetho ye-FDA

Okuthathwayo Okubalulekile

I-FDA icindezele izikhangiso ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zama-vapes ane-nicotine yokwenziwa.

Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesikhombisa ezikhangiso ezinjalo aqukethe amanga mayelana nama-vapes aluthayo

Izinguqulo ezinambithekayo zemikhiqizo ye-vape nazo zikhuthazwa kakhulu, zandisa ubungozi kubathengi abasebasha

LWESITHATHU, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- I-US Food and Drug Administration njengamanje igunyaza izexwayiso eziqinile zezempilo lapho ama-vapes aqukethe i-nicotine yokwenziwa akhangiswa ku-Instagram nakwezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana.

Inkinga ukuthi, abathengisi abaningi abathobeli leyo mithetho ehloselwe ukuvikela izingane, kuthola ucwaningo olusha.

Kuyinto entsha, kusho omunye umbhali wocwaningoUTraci Hong, uprofesa wezokuxhumana e-Boston University.

"Ngenxa yokuthi i-nicotine yokwenziwa ayiveli kugwayi, yagwema igunya lokulawula le-FDA kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2022," kuphawula u-Hong esitatimendeni sezindaba sasenyuvesi. “Le mbobo yokulawula ivumele abakhiqizi ukuthi bagcwale imakethe ngemikhiqizo ye-nicotine yokwenziwa enambiwa eyayivinjelwe emikhiqizweni kagwayi wendabuko ngenxa yokukhanga kwayo entsheni.

"Ngaphezu kwalokho, le mikhiqizo yayivamise ukumakethwa 'njenge-nicotine engenagwayi,' ekhuthaza imibono eyakhayo kanye nokuhlolwa okungase kwande entsheni," engeza.

Ucwaningo lwaluholwa yi-University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral uzakwethuJiaxi Wufuthi ishicilelwe kamuva nje kujenaliI-JAMA Network Open.

Ocwaningweni, u-Wu kanye nozakwabo bahlaziye okuqukethwe kokuthunyelwe kwe-Instagram okungaphezu kuka-2,000 okudayisa imikhiqizo ehlukahlukene ye-nicotine e-cigarette.

Umehluko kuphela phakathi kwe-nicotine yokwenziwa neyemvelo ukuthi eyokuqala idalwe elebhu kuyilapho yona ivela esitshalweni sikagwayi.

"Nakuba kuncane kakhulu okwaziwayo mayelana nemiphumela yezempilo ehlotshaniswa nokusetshenziswa kwe-nicotine yokwenziwa, ifana ngokwesayensi ne-nicotine etholakala kugwayi futhi kungenzeka inezici ezifanayo eziluthayo," ngokombiko wezindaba we-UPenn.

I-Nicotine nganoma yiluphi uhlobo ingaba yingozi ikakhulukazi ezinganeni nasebasha, ibe nomthelela omubi ekukhuleni kobuchopho nempilo yengqondo, abacwaningi banezela.

Igqugquzelwa yilolo lwazi, i-FDA ngo-2022 yagunyaza ukuthi yonke imikhiqizo yokwenziwa ye-nicotine vape "ifake isixwayiso sezempilo esithatha u-20% wendawo yokukhangisa futhi sivele engxenyeni engenhla yesikhangiso," ngokusho kwezindaba ze-UCSF.

Kodwa ekuhlaziyeni kwabo okusha okusekelwe ku-Instagram, u-Wu no-Hong bathola ukuthi u-13% kuphela wezikhangiso onezixwayiso ezihambisana nemiyalelo ye-FDA.

Isibonelo, izexwayiso zezempilo zingase zibekwe kude nengxenye engenhla yesikhangiso, noma "okuthunyelwe [kwevape] okunambitheka okunezixwayiso zezempilo ezibekwe engxenyeni yesithombe esiphezulu zithole ukuthandwa okuningi kunokuthunyelwe okunezixwayiso engxenyeni engezansi," kuphawula abacwaningi.

Abenzi bama-vapes okwenziwa bebelokhu bemaketha ngogwayi we-elekthronikhi onephunga elimnandi, ngezikhangiso "ezivame ukukhombisa izithelo ezikhangayo noma ama-dessert," ngokusho kwabacwaningi.

"Izinkampani ziphinde zikhiqize imikhiqizo enambitheka ebivinjelwe ngaphambilini emikhiqizweni kagwayi wendabuko kanye nogwayi we-e-cartridge, njengoswidi kakotini ne-bubblegum, okuyinto intsha ekhangwa kakhulu kuyo," kusho ukukhishwa kwezindaba kwe-UPenn.