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E-Cigarette: Kenya’s ban of oral nicotine increased smoking-survey

E-cigarettes. [Courtesy]

A recent surveyed showed that Kenyan smokers had turned to nicotine-free e-cigarettes and oral pouches to quit smoking, before their sale was suspended by the Ministry of Health.

The survey on behalf of Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA) was done on 64 users of nicotine pouches aged between 18- and 44 to measure the attitudes and impact of the current suspension imposed on sale of alternatives to nicotine products. 

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