Wani rahoto ya nuna cewa mutane miliyan 4.3 a Burtaniya suna yin amfani da sigari na e-cigare sosai bayan karuwar sau biyar a cikin shekaru goma.
Kimanin kashi 8.3% na manya a Ingila, Wales da Scotland an yi imanin cewa suna amfani da sigari na e-cigare akai-akai, daga 1.7% (kimanin mutane 800,000) shekaru 10 da suka gabata.
Action on shan taba da lafiya (ASH), wanda ya shirya rahoton, ya ce an riga an yi juyin juya hali.
E-cigare yana barin mutane su shaka nicotine maimakon shan taba.
Tun da e-cigarettes ba sa samar da kwalta ko carbon monoxide, suna da ɗan ƙaramin haɗarin sigari, in ji NHS.
Ruwa da tururi sun ƙunshi wasu sinadarai masu haɗari, amma a ƙananan matakai. Koyaya, yuwuwar tasirin sigari na dogon lokaci ba a bayyana ba.
ASH ta rahoto cewa kusan mutane miliyan 2.4 masu amfani da sigari ta e-Sigari a Burtaniya tsoffin masu shan taba ne, miliyan 1.5 har yanzu suna shan taba kuma 350,000 ba su taɓa shan taba ba.
Duk da haka, kashi 28% na masu shan taba sun ce ba su taba gwada sigari na e-cigare ba - kuma daya daga cikin 10 daga cikinsu yana tsoron cewa ba su da lafiya.
Ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin masu shan taba ya ce vaping ya taimaka musu su daina al'ada. Wannan ya bayyana ya yi daidai da ƙarar shaidun da ke nuna cewa sigari na e-cigare na iya yin tasiri wajen taimaka wa mutane su daina shan taba.
Yawancin vapers suna ba da rahoton ta amfani da tsarin sake cika buɗaɗɗen vaping, amma da alama ana samun haɓakar vaping-mai amfani guda ɗaya - daga 2.3% a bara zuwa 15% a yau.
Matasa sun bayyana suna haifar da ci gaban, yayin da kusan rabin matasa masu shekaru 18 zuwa 24 suka ce sun yi amfani da na'urorin.
Ganyen 'ya'yan itacen da za a zubar da vape wanda menthol ke biye da shi shine mafi mashahuri zaɓuɓɓukan vaping, a cewar rahoton - binciken YouGov na manya sama da 13,000.
ASH ta ce a yanzu gwamnati na bukatar ingantacciyar dabara don rage yawan shan taba sigari.
Mataimakin Darakta na ASH Hazel Cheeseman ya ce: “Yanzu akwai masu amfani da sigari sau biyar fiye da yadda aka yi a shekarar 2012, kuma miliyoyin mutane suna amfani da su a matsayin wani bangare na daina shan taba.
A matsayinta na shugaba da aka sani a duniya a fannin kiwon lafiya, Hukumar Lafiya ta Kasa (NHS), tsarin sabis na kiwon lafiya kyauta na duniya da ta kirkira, kasashe a duniya suna yabawa saboda "ƙananan farashin kiwon lafiya da ingantaccen aikin lafiya".
Kwalejin Likitoci ta Royal ta gaya wa likitoci a fili cewa su haɓaka sigari ta e-cigare kamar yadda zai yiwu ga mutanen da ke son daina shan taba. Shawarar daga Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Ingila ita ce, haɗarin vaping kaɗan ne kawai na haɗarin shan taba.
A cewar BBC, a birnin Birmingham da ke arewacin Ingila, manyan cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya biyu ba kawai sayar da sigari ba ne kawai ba, har ma sun kafa wuraren shan taba sigari, wanda suka kira "lalacewar lafiyar jama'a".
Bisa kididdigar da Hukumar Lafiya ta Burtaniya ta fitar, sigari na e-cigare na iya kara samun nasarar daina shan taba da kusan kashi 50%, kuma zai iya rage hadarin lafiya da akalla kashi 95% idan aka kwatanta da sigari.
Gwamnatin Burtaniya da ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya sun goyi bayan sigari ta e-cigare sosai, musamman saboda rahoton nazari mai zaman kansa na Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a na Ingila (PHE), wata hukuma mai zartarwa karkashin Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Burtaniya a cikin 2015. Binciken ya kammala cewa e-cigare shine 95. % ya fi aminci fiye da taba na yau da kullun don lafiyar masu amfani kuma sun taimaka dubun dubatar masu shan taba su daina shan taba.
Wannan bayanai tun daga lokacin gwamnatin Biritaniya da hukumomin kiwon lafiya irin su Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Kasa (NHS) ne suka yada shi sosai, kuma ya zama kayan aiki mai ƙarfi don haɓaka sigari ta e-cigare don maye gurbin taba sigari.
Lokacin aikawa: Yuli-22-2023