Table 3: Attitudes of patent medicine vendors in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, toward tobacco harm reduction, 2023.

Item

Negative, n (%)

Neutral, n (%)

Positive, n (%)

I will seek out and participate in any training to gain knowledge and skills regarding THR

0 (0.0)

13 (4.1)

307 (95.9)

PMVs have an important role in providing tobacco harm reduction products to smokers

3 (0.9)

32 (10)

285 (89.1)

I will encourage my fellow patent medicine vendors to participate in tobacco harm reduction

5 (1.6)

37 (11.6)

278 (86.9)

I am willing to include nicotine vapes in my stock of goods for easy access by smokers

39 (12.2)

99 (30.9)

182 (56.9)

Note: THR: Tobacco Harm Reduction; N: Number