Igagasi elisha le-Vaping (E-Cigarettes): Ingabe lokhu kuwumlutha oyingozi ngempela?

Kungenzeka ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi ukubhema i-vaping sekuthandwa kakhulu yintsha kanye nabantu abadala kulezi zinsuku. Kuhilela ukuphefumula umhwamuko onephunga elimnandi elivela kumadivayisi amancane anemibala nezimo ezahlukene. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi kungcono kakhulu kunokubhema ugwayi, ukuthi akunangozi, nokuthi kumane kungumhwamuko omncane wamanzi. Kodwa ingabe kunjalo ngempela? Namuhla, sizokhuluma ngeqiniso eliyingozi elifihliwe ngaphakathi kwale nto enhle nephunga elimnandi.

Kalula nje, kuyini i-Vaping?

Ukuvapha i-vape ukusetshenziswa kwedivayisi encane kagesi ephathwa ngesandla (njenge-e-cigarette noma i-vape pen) ukushisa uketshezi (i-e-liquid) nokuphefumula umhwamuko emaphashini. Nakuba lokhu kungase kubonakale kufana nokubhema ugwayi, inqubo ihluke kakhulu. Kugwayi, ugwayi uyashiswa. Ekuvapheni i-vape, esikhundleni sikagwayi, uketshezi luyashiswa bese kuhogela umhwamuko (i-aerosol) oqukethe izinhlayiya ezincane.

Amadivayisi asetshenziselwa lokhu abizwa ngamagama ahlukene. Isibonelo, kungenzeka ukuthi uke wezwa ngama-vape, ama-vape pen, ama-e-hookah, ama-mods, kanye nama-personal vaporizer (ama-PV). Konke lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi ama-Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) .

Isebenza kanjani le divayisi ye-vape?

Cabanga ngayo 'njengekettle' encane, kodwa esikhundleni samanzi, iqukethe uketshezi olukhethekile. Kunezingxenye eziningana eziyinhloko zale divayisi:

• I-Cartridge/Pod: Lena yingxenye ephethe uketshezi olukhethekile (i-e-liquid). Ezinye zingagcwaliswa kabusha, kanti ezinye zingalahlwa.
• Isici sokushisa: Yilokhu okushisa uketshezi bese kuguqula kube umusi.
• Ibhethri: Leli bhethri linikeza amandla adingekayo esicini sokushisa.
• Inkinobho yokulawula: Amanye amadivayisi anenkinobho yokuwavula. Amanye avula ngokuzenzakalelayo uma siphefumula.
• Umlomo: Le ngxenye idonsa umhwamuko emlonyeni nasemaphashini.

Ngakho-ke, uma uphefumula nge-vape, ibhethri liyayinika amandla, bese uketshezi luyashisa bese luphenduka umhwamuko. Uphefumula lowo mhwamuko. Into ebalulekile ukuthi, akusiwo umhwamuko wamanzi kuphela. Empeleni inkungu egcwele izinhlayiya ezincane. Lezo zinhlayiya zingaqukatha i-nicotine, ukunambitheka, kanye namanye amakhemikhali ayinkulungwane.

Uyini umehluko phakathi kokubhema i-vaping nogwayi ovamile?

Lona umbuzo abantu abaningi abawubuzayo. "Ingabe ukubhema i-vape kungcono kunokubhema ugwayi?" Ake sibheke kabanzi umehluko nokufana phakathi kwalokhu okubili.

Yini ngempela ekuleli Vape Liquid (E-Liquid)?

Yilokhu sonke okudingeka sikwazi. Lolu ketshezi olubizwa ngamagama anjenge-e-liquid, i-e-juice, kanye nejusi le-vape, alulona nje amanzi anezinongo ezengeziwe. Luqukethe okulandelayo:

• I-Nicotine: Ikhemikhali eliyingozi kakhulu neliluthayo elitholakala kusikilidi nakweminye imikhiqizo kagwayi.
• Ukunambitha: Lokhu kuza ngezinambitheka eziyinkulungwane, njenge-strawberry, i-mint, kanye noshokoledi. Kodwa ngayinye yalezi zinambitheka yakhiwe ngesethi ehlukile yamakhemikhali.
• I-Propylene Glycol kanye ne-Glycerin: Izinto ezimbili ezisetshenziswa ukwenza umhwamuko.

Kodwa indaba ayigcini lapho. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, ezinye izinto eziwuketshezi lwe-vape zingaqukatha izinto eziyingozi ngendlela engakaze icatshangwe.

• Ama-carcinogens: Amakhemikhali aziwa ngokubangela umdlavuza, njenge-acetaldehyde kanye ne-formaldehyde.
• Amakhemikhali abangela isifo samaphaphu: Izinto ezibangela isifo samaphaphu esibi, njenge-acrolein, i-diacetyl, kanye ne-diethylene glycol.
• Izinsimbi Ezisindayo: Izinhlayiya ezincane zezinsimbi ezisindayo, njenge-nickel, i-tin, i-lead, ne-cadmium, ezinobuthi obukhulu emzimbeni.
• I-Vitamin E Acetate: Ikhemikhali okusolwa ukuthi ihlobene nesifo samaphaphu esibulalayo i-EVALI.
• I-THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol): I-compound evuselela ingqondo etholakala ku-cannabis. Ezinye iziphuzo ze-vape nazo ziqukethe lokhu.
• Izinhlayiya ezincane kakhulu: Lezi zingangena ngqo emaphashini bese zihlala lapho.

Cabanga nje, umhwamuko owenziwe ngalezi zinto ungena emaphashini akho.

Yiziphi izingozi zangempela zokubhema i-vaping?

Ukubhema i-vape akuyona nje into yokuzilibazisa. Umonakalo ongaba khona empilweni yakho awubalulekile.

• Isifuba somoya: Ukubhema ugwayi kwandisa ingozi yakho yokuba nesifuba somoya. Uma usuvele unesifuba somoya, kungenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu.
• Ukushaqeka kwamaphaphu: I-Diacetyl, ikhemikhali etholakala kwezinye izinto ezinambitheka kamnandi, ingabangela isimo esibizwa ngokuthi i-bronchiolitis obliterans . Lokhu kwaziwa nangokuthi "i-popcorn lung." Kalula nje, kubangela ukushaqeka okungapheli kanye nokuvaleka kwemigudu yomoya emincane emaphaphu. Lo monakalo awunakuguqulwa.
• Ukulimala kwezitho zangaphakathi: I-Nicotine namanye amakhemikhali awagcini nje ngokulimaza amaphaphu akho, kodwa nenhliziyo yakho kanye nobuchopho . I-Nicotine ingabangela umonakalo ohlala njalo ekukhuleni kobuchopho, ikakhulukazi entsheni, njengoba ubuchopho busakhula. Ingakhuphula nomfutho wegazi futhi inciphise imithambo yegazi.
• Isimo esibulalayo esibizwa ngokuthi i-EVALI: Igama eliphelele lalokhu "ugwayi we-e, noma i-vaping, ukulimala kwamaphaphu okusetshenziswa komkhiqizo." Kuwukulimala okukhulu kwamaphaphu okungazelelwe okubangelwa i-vaping. Kubangela umonakalo omkhulu emaphashini, futhi kuvela izimpawu ezifana nokukhwehlela, ubunzima bokuphefumula, kanye nobuhlungu besifuba. I-EVALI yisimo esiyingozi esingaholela ngisho nasekufeni.
• Ukulutheka okukhulu:I-Nicotine iyikhemikhali emlutha kakhulu, njenge-heroin ne-cocaine. Ishintsha indlela ubuchopho bakho obusebenza ngayo, ikwenze ufise i-nicotine eyengeziwe. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ungase uzithole ungakwazi ukuyeka ukubhema, noma ngabe ufuna. Ngisho noketshezi oluthile olubhalwe ukuthi "olungenayo i-nicotine" lutholakale luqukethe inani elincane le-nicotine.
• Ukushintshela kusikilidi: Abantu abaningi baqala ukubhema ugwayi bese kuthi ngemva kwesikhashana, bashintshele ekubhemeni ugwayi, okuyingozi nakakhulu.
• Ukuchayeka komuntu osebenzisa i-vape: Uma uphefumula, umhwamuko ukhishwa uye endaweni ekuzungezile. Abanye abawuphefumulayo bangaphefumula ne-nicotine namanye amakhemikhali.
• Ukuqhuma: Kube nemibiko emhlabeni wonke yokuqhuma kwamabhethri kumadivayisi e-vape, okubangela ukulimala okukhulu nokusha.
• Ingozi Yomdlavuza: Amanye amakhemikhali asemanzini e-vape afakazelwe ngokwesayensi ukuthi abangela umdlavuza.

Ingabe amaphaphu ami azolulama uma ngiyeka ukubhema i-vape?

Lona umbuzo abantu abaningi abanawo. Impendulo ithi 'yebo' futhi 'cha'. Okunye ukuvuvukala nokuvuvukala emaphashini okubangelwa ukufutha kungalungiseka kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kanye nokwelashwa okufanele ngemva kokuyeka.

Kodwa-ke, izibazi ezibangelwa yizimo ezifana ne-"popcorn lung" zihlala njalo. Umonakalo awusoze wabuyiselwa emuva. Kufana nokuba nesilonda esikhulu engalweni yakho esizoshiya isilonda impilo yakho yonke. Ukuqhubeka nokubhema i-vape kungandisa umonakalo emaphashini akho futhi kuholele ezimweni ezifana ne-asthma kanye ne-COPD ezingasoze zaphulukiswa.

Ingabe ukubhema nge-vape kuzokusiza ukuyeka ukubhema?

Lesi esinye isizathu esikhulu esenza ukuthi i-vaping ithandwe kangaka. Umqondo uwukuthi, "Uma ungakwazi ukuyeka ukubhema, vala i-vape. Kungcono."

Yiqiniso, ezinye izifundo zikhombisile ukuthi inani elincane labantu liye lakwazi ukuyeka ukubhema ngale ndlela. Kodwa uhlangothi oluphambene nalolo daba ukuthi ama-80% alabo abayeka ukubhema sebeye baba umlutha omkhulu we-vaping. Okusho ukuthi, bamane bashintsha besuka komunye umlutha baya komunye.

Kunezindlela ezivunyelwe ngokwezokwelapha neziphephile zokuyeka ukubhema. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ama-nicotine patches, i-gum, nama-lozenges. Uma ufuna ukuyeka ukubhema, into engcono kakhulu ongayenza ukubona udokotela wakho bese uthola iseluleko nokwelashwa okufanele. Ukubhema i-vaping akuyona indlela enconywayo.

Ngifuna ukuyeka uku-vape. Ngenzenjani?

Uma uzizwa ngaleyo ndlela, yisinqumo esingcono kakhulu oyoke usenze empilweni yakho. Ukugqashula kunoma yikuphi ukulutheka kuyinselele. Kodwa akuyona into engenakwenzeka. Nazi ezinye izinyathelo ezingakusiza:

1.Beka usuku: Khetha usuku lokuyeka ukubhema. Kuze kufike lolo suku, unganciphisa kancane kancane imvamisa yokusebenzisa kwakho.

2. Bona udokotela: Lena yinto ebaluleke kakhulu. Khuluma nodokotela wakho. Angakusiza ukuthi uqhamuke nohlelo oluzokusebenzela futhi akunikeze imithi engasiza ngezimpawu zokuhoxa (izifiso, ikhanda).

3. Yenza uhlu lwezizathu: Kungani ufuna ukuyeka ukubhema ugwayi? Ukonga imali? Ukuvikela impilo yakho? Komndeni wakho? Bhala lezi zizathu ephepheni bese uzigcina endaweni ebonakalayo. Zifunde noma nini lapho uzizwa sengathi kunzima ukuyeka.

4. Tshela umndeni wakho nabangani bakho: Batshele ngesinqumo sakho. Ukusekelwa kwabo kuzoba umthombo omkhulu wamandla kuwe.

5. Gwema izilingo: Gwema izinto ezivame ukukubangela ukuba uphuze utshwala. Yiba namandla ngokwanele ukuze ungakwenzi lokho uma uphumile nabangani noma emaphathini.

6. Zihlukanise: Uma uzizwa sengathi ufuna ukubhema i-vape, yenza okunye esikhundleni salokho. Phuza ingilazi yamanzi, hambahamba, ulalele umculo, uvocavoce.

7. Ukuzivocavoca: Ukuzivocavoca akugcini nje ngokuphazamisa ingqondo yakho, kodwa futhi kukhiqiza ama-hormone ajabulisayo emzimbeni, okwenza ujabule.

8. Bekezela: Izinsuku zokuqala ezimbalwa zizoba nzima. Ungase uzwe ubuhlungu bekhanda, ukucasuka, kanye nokungahlaliseki. Kodwa lokhu kuzophela ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa.