I loko o kāna pepa ʻatikala mua loa, ʻo ka Gippsland Primary Health Network (Gippsland PHN) ke aʻo nei i ka lehulehu i ka hopena o ka vaping. Makemake ka Pūnaewele e ʻike ke kaiāulu i ka hoʻohana ʻana ʻapu-u ʻaʻole palekana e like me ka nui o nā poʻe e manaʻoʻiʻo.
Ma ka pepa, ʻōlelo ka PHN ua ʻike ʻia ka vaping e lawe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO kekahi o nā hopena koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā pilikia māmā a me ka puʻuwai i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kemika i loaʻa i nā huahana vaping. Ua ʻōlelo hou ka pepa ua pili ka noiʻi ʻana i ka vaping i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka make a me ka hopu ʻana.
Hōʻike hou ka pepa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka e-cigarettes e hōʻike i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu i nā mea ʻala maikaʻi e like me nā mea i loaʻa i ka ea haumia a me nā ahi ahi a me nā mea metala kaumaha loa. Hiki i kēia mau mea ʻelua ke loaʻa nā hopena pōkole a lōʻihi. ʻO nā hopena pōkole e pili ana i ka ʻeha o ka puʻu, nā pilikia hanu, ka luaʻi a me ka ʻū ʻana i waena o nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
Wahi a Amanda Proposch, ka luna nui o ka Gippsland Primary Health Network, hāʻawi ka pepa i nā helu helu koʻikoʻi akā weliweli e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā pākeke Victorian e lawe ana i ka vaping. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua piʻi ka vape ma ka mokuʻāina i 5% mai 17% i 2018-2019 a i 22% i 2022. He mea weliweli kēia no ka mea he nui o nā pākeke e ʻōlelo nei ua hoʻohana lākou i nā huahana vaping e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka e-cigarette ma mua o paka kuʻuna. ʻO ka pilikia me kēia, ʻo ka hoʻopuka ʻana o nā huahana vaping i nā kemika he nui i loaʻa i nā huahana paka kuʻuna.
ʻO ka 22 o ka % o nā pākeke e ʻōlelo nei ua hoʻohana lākou i nā huahana vaping ma kahi o 6.1% nā mea hoʻohana i kēia manawa. He piʻi kēia mai 3% ma 2018-2019. Ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā mea hoʻohana maʻamau o nā huahana vaping mai 1.6% a ʻoi aku ma luna o 3.5%. Ua hopohopo ʻo Ms Proposch no ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka poʻe vape i waena o ka poʻe ma lalo o ka makahiki 30. Wahi a ka pepa, ʻo ka nui o opiopio ʻO nā kāne (18-24 mau makahiki) i hoʻonui i ka vape mai 10.8% i 2018-19 a i 19.4% i 2022. Ua piʻi ka nui o nā wahine i loko o ka bracket makahiki like i ka vape i 15.2% i 2022 mai 2.8% i 2018-2019. ʻO kēia ka ulu nui loa o nā hihia vape ma waena o nā makahiki āpau.
But it is not just the opiopio adults. A recent survey conducted among Australian school staff revealed that 78% of them were concerned about the increasing cases of school kids vaping both in secondary and primary schools.
Wahi a Ms Proposch, ʻo ke ala wale nō e kōkua ai i ka poʻe Australia a ʻoi aku ka poʻe Victoria e ola olakino a lōʻihi hoʻi ke ola ʻana i nā pilikia vaping ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kēia no ka mea ua ʻike ʻia nā huahana vaping e loaʻa i nā nicotine hou aʻe a lilo kēia i mea hoʻohui. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i nā ʻōpio he nui a opiopio nā mākua e noʻonoʻo i ka puhi paka. ʻO ka pilikia me kēia ʻano, ʻo ia ka poʻe ʻōpio e hoʻopuka nei i nā pilikia me ka launa pū ʻana, ke olakino noʻonoʻo maikaʻi ʻole a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hana ma nā hana kula a me ke kino.
Ms Proposch is calling on all stakeholders to start advocating for a ban on vaping products. This she says is important because currently people can buy some vaping products over the counter and this makes it easy for many school-going kids and young adults to access these dangerous products.
