Tobacco Smoking Cessation
Quitting smoking is one of the most important steps an individual can take to improve their health. This is real no matter how old one is or how long one has smoked. Many people who smoke become addicted to a substance known as nicotine. Nicotine is a chemical or drug that is naturally found in tobacco. This chemical can make it hard to quit smoking. However the good news is that, there some proven treatments that can help a smoker quit tobacco smoking. But for countries like Malawi, Smokers independently utilize local smokeless products as tools to quit or reduce harm caused by tobacco smoking.
Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Ngirimbo laboratory analysis
Smokeless tobacco describes a wide variety of tobacco products that do not require combustion, and is typically used either orally or nasally. Ngirimbo is a form of oral smokeless tobacco used by smokers in Malawi for tobacco harm reduction.
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The aim of this study was to determine the acidity (pH), nicotine content, mineral content (iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium and copper), heavy metal content (lead, chromium and cadmium), and presence of other volatile compounds in Ngirimbo across Chitipa District in Malawi. Read more
Tobacco Harm Reduction: Methods of Tobacco harm reduction in Malawi
The country neither offers smoking cessation assistance at a wider scale nor does it promotes the sale of safer nicotine products such as nicotine patches and gum according to world Health organization county report, 2017.
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Our project study investigated the methods of tobacco harm reduction products used by smokers in Malawi, in an attempt to reduce tobacco harm and quit tobacco smoking. Read more
