Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva oluvela e-University College London,i-e-cigarettesusize okungenani ababhemayo baseBrithani abangu-50,000 ukuba bayeke ukubhema ku-2017. Umlobi wocwaningo uJamie Brown, umcwaningi e-University College London, wabonisa ukuthi i-UK ithole ibhalansi enengqondo phakathi kokulawulwa kwe-e-cigarette nokukhuthazwa.

Lolu cwaningo, olusanda kushicilelwa kumagazini wezemfundo owaziwa emhlabeni wonke i-ADDICTION, luhlaziye umthelela we-e-cigarette emisebenzini yokuyeka ukubhema e-UK kusukela ngo-2006 kuya ku-2017, ngokusekelwe kunhlolovo yokulandelela yababhemayo abangu-50,498.Imiphumela yocwaningo ithole ukuthi kusukela ngo-2011, nokwanda kokusetshenziswa kwei-e-cigarettes, izinga lokuphumelela lokuyeka ukubhema liye landa unyaka nonyaka.Ngo-2015, lapho ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette e-UK kuqala ukwehla, amazinga empumelelo nawo aqala ukwehla.Ngo-2017, phakathi kuka-50,700 no-69,930 ababhemayo basizwa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ukuba bawuyeke.ukubhema.

I-UK ifuna ukuba ngumphakathi ongabhemi ngo-2030, futhi izikhulu zezempilo zomphakathi kanye nosopolitiki bafuna ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ukuthi wenzeke.UDeborah Robson, umcwaningi ophakeme we-postdoctoral ekuluthweni kukagwayi e-King's College London, uthe: “I-UK inomlando omude wokusebenzisa izindlela zokunciphisa ukulimala ukuze kuthuthukiswe impilo yomphakathi.Ngokusekelwe emashumini eminyaka okuhlangenwe nakho kocwaningo, sikutholile lokhoi-nicotineis not a Into eyingozi kakhulu kugwayi, izigidi zamagesi anobuthi nezinhlayiya zetiyelaugwayiuyasha, uyambulala ngempela obhemayo.”

Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, imithombo yezindaba yaseMelika eyaziwa kakhulu i-VICE ishicilele ukuphawula, ebonisa ukuthi i-United Kingdom ithuthukise ugwayi we-elekthronikhi waba yithuluzi eliphumelelayo.ugwayiindlela yokulawula ngokusebenzisa uhlelo lokulawula ugwayi we-elekthronikhi wesinyathelo ngesinyathelo.