Table 2: Knowledge of tobacco harm reduction among patent medicine vendors in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, 2023.
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Variable |
Frequency (N) |
Percentage (%) |
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Which statement best describes THR? |
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Offering smokers safer nicotine products to enable them quit tobacco smoking |
166 |
51.9 |
|
Motivating smokers to shift from one form of addiction to another |
4 |
1.3 |
|
Reducing harm from tobacco smoking by providing tobacco in electronic formats |
38 |
11.9 |
|
Don't know |
112 |
35.0 |
|
Nicotine vapes are effective in helping smokers quit tobacco smoking? |
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|
Yes |
131 |
40.9 |
|
No |
21 |
6.6 |
|
Don't know |
168 |
52.5 |
|
Customers/patients ever asked you for support to quit smoking? |
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Yes |
207 |
64.7 |
|
No |
113 |
35.3 |
Note: N: Number; THR: Tobacco Harm Reduction