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