GFN News #131 | TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION IN MALAWI Pt.2 | Featuring Sahan Lungu

January 22, 2025 by gfn.tv

GFN News #131 | TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION IN MALAWI Pt.2 | Featuring Sahan Lungu

In the second part of our series looking at Malawi's complicated relationship with tobacco production and smoking, Sahan Lungu joins us to explore whether a holistic approach to tobacco production and smoking could help Malawi minimise the harms related to combustible tobacco use.


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GFN News #129 | MALAWI'S TOBACCO CONTROL DILEMMA Pt.1 | Featuring Sahan Lungu

Despite tobacco control efforts to phase out tobacco consumption around the world, a thorny issue r…


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6.00% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 767,000 current smokers in Malawi 11.50% of men are current smokers but only 1.00% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR

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