Ke ulu nei kahi nohona hopohopo i waena o nā ʻōpio o Alexander City. I loko o kahi hālāwai papa hoʻonaʻauao i hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima, Nowemapa 17, ua hoʻolaha ākea ke Kahu Kula ʻo Alexander City Schools Dr. Beverly Price. nā haumāna vaping a me nā hana puhi paka e pili ana i mea hopohopo nui.
"Ua ʻike mākou i ka piʻi nui o ka vaping ma kā mākou kula kiʻekiʻe i ka makahiki i hala." "He pilikia kā mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Price, e haʻi ana i ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o nā hanana i hōʻike ʻia.
ʻO ka hopena, ua hōʻoia ka papa kula i kahi hui pū me ka KinderVision Foundation i ka pule i hala e kōkua i ke kaua e-uahi paka hoʻohana ma nā kula kūloko.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Kauka Marilyn Lewis i ka papa alakaʻi i ka pule i hala ma ke ʻano he luna o ka hui aloha. He luna hoʻonaʻauao mua ʻo Lewis, pale, a me nā lawelawe kākoʻo no ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao Mokuʻāina ʻo Alabama.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Lewis i ka manaʻo o ka KinderVision Foundation e hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻolaha e hoʻonui i ka ʻike ma nā ʻōnaehana kula ʻelima a puni ka mokuʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Kula ʻo Alexander City, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi haʻawina i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Alabama Department of Public Health.
Eia naʻe, ma mua o ka hele hou ʻana, ua noiʻi ʻo Lewis i ka nui o ka hihia i waena o nā ʻōpio. Ua hōʻike ʻo Lewis he 3.6 miliona mau haumāna US i vape i nā lā he 30 i hala iho nei, me ka 20% o kēlā manaʻo e pili ana i nā haumāna ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
ʻOiai ko lākou kaulana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lewis i ka e-cigarettes a me ka vaping ma ke ʻano he "mea hoʻopunipuni."
"ʻO ka vape ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi hāmeʻa nicotine uila, a i ka hanu ʻana i kahi vape, hanu mākou i nā pūhui a mākou i ʻike nei he pōʻino." "ʻAʻole kēia he pani no ka puhi paka," wehewehe ʻo ia.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike a Lewis, loaʻa i nā cigakeke uila nā pūhui carcinogenic i hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ʻole ke hanu, me ka pilikia o ka puhi ʻana i ka lua. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ʻo Lewis, ma waho aʻe o nā mea ʻona, hiki i ka vaping ke lilo i mea hoʻohui.
No ka laʻana, ua ʻike ʻo Lewis he hoʻokahi wai-e Ua like ka nui o ka nicotine i loko o ka pod e like me ka pūke paka. Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo Lewis i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kemika i kona ʻono maikaʻi a me nā pahu ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā mea hana cigarette, e like me Lewis, hoʻolālā i nā lako vaping me ka discretely no ka hūnā maʻalahi.
"Loaʻa iā mākou nā huahana e hoʻohālike i nā pahu wai, nā lollipops, a me Sour Patch [Kids]." ʻO nā huahana i hūnā ʻia no kā mākou ʻōpio, "wahi a Lewis. "No laila aia kahi mākeke nui no nā ʻōpio, akā ma ke aʻo ʻana i nā keiki, kōkua mākou e hoʻēmi i ka hiki ke hoʻomaka nā keiki hele kula."
Makemake ʻo Lewis e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia a hāʻawi i nā keiki kula i kahi hana pale kūpono ma o ka hui kula.
"Ma kēia haʻawina e hiki ai iā mākou ke loiloi i ke kulekele paka o Alexander City a hāʻawi i kekahi mau manaʻo e pono ai nā haumāna," wehewehe ʻo ia. "Aia kekahi papa hana e hiki ai iā mākou ke hele i ka papa ʻeiwa a hiki i ka ʻumikūmālua a hoʻonaʻauao i nā haumāna e pili ana i nā huahana paka a me ka vaping."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Price i ka hoʻolaha a ua koi ʻo ia i ka papa hoʻonaʻauao o ka moku kula e neʻe i mua me ka hana.
"Manaʻo wau he mea koʻikoʻi ko mākou makemake e hoʻonaʻauao ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, a makemake mākou e hakakā," wahi a Price.
