ka Puhi paka Ua hāʻule ka helu ma waena o nā pākeke o New Zealand i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa, e hōʻike ana ka New Zealand Herald, e hōʻike ana i ka ʻikepili mai kahi noiʻi hou o ka Ministry of Health. Ua hōʻike ʻia hoʻi ma ke koho balota hoʻokahi o 10 mau poʻe Kiwi e vape i kēlā me kēia lā, me nā helu kiʻekiʻe loa ma waena opiopio kanaka a me ka Maori.
Ua emi ka hapa o ka poe puhi paka o Aotearoa
Ua hōʻike ka New Zealand Health Survey i ka 6.8 pakeneka o ka poʻe mākua he poʻe puhi paka i kēlā me kēia lā, mai ka 8.6 pākēneka i ka makahiki i hala. Ua emi nui ka puhi paka i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o nā lāhui, me ka emi ʻana o ka nui o ka Maori mai 37.7 pakeneka a i ka 17.1 pakeneka a me ka emi ʻana o ka nui o ka poʻe Pākīpika mai 22.6 pakeneka i ka 6.4 pakeneka.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka vape i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o New Zealand mai 2.6 pakeneka ma 2017-2019 i 9.7 pakeneka i kēia makahiki. Young ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kānaka e vape i kēlā me kēia lā (25.2) pakeneka a opiopio Loaʻa i ka Maori ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa (23.5 pakeneka) ma waena o nā lāhui like ʻole.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Letitia Harding, ka luna nui o ka Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, i ka pālua o vaping i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o nā ʻōpio ma ke ʻano he pilikia olakino lehulehu. "ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei he maʻi maʻi e pono ai ka nānā koke ʻana e hoʻoponopono i kēlā mau helu weliweli," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ʻo ia.
ʻO ka Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), ma ka ʻokoʻa, ua hōʻoia ʻia ka vaping no ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka nui o ka puhi paka o Aotearoa.
"Ke hoʻomaka nei ka pahuhopu nui o New Zealand e lilo i uahi ʻole i ka makahiki 2025, me nā kānāwai hoʻomalu i ka paka, nā hana i manaʻo ʻia, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā huahana hōʻemi i ka paka i ka hana koʻikoʻi", wahi a CAPHRA Executive Coordinator Nancy Loucas.
"ʻO kēia neʻe ʻana i nā huahana nicotine liʻiliʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻaoʻao alakaʻi honua o New Zealand i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka paka," wahi a Loucas.
