Tobacco Awareness
Prevalence of tobacco consumption among youths
in slums and communities in Sierra Leone is on the increase. Knowledge about the the negative effects of tobacco consumption is not well understood in slum illiterate communities which poses a major challenge in restraining the practice of smoking among these set of youths. However, many have tried to quit smoking but the syndrome of addiction has a major role in these setbacks of such decisions, because they cannot find close substitute that will give the desired effect at the same cost, although there are successful stories about people who have overcome and quit smoking.
- Tobacco companies have formulated other tobacco regimen that will decrease the exposure to burdensome disease indications like cancer which is associated with combusting tobacco in the form of tar but the availability of such substitutes like nicotine gums are much more expensive in Sierra Leone.
There is no policy that governs the consumption of smoking cigarette in Sierra Leone, there is a freelance model of smoking people can smoke everywhere with potential to recruit partial smokers in the process.
Our Aim
What Can We Do To Stop Tobacco
In a bid to reduce the harmful indications of tobacco consumption in Sierra Leone social media, blogs and websites can play a major role in reducing the practice of tobacco consumption and creating awareness with the use of constantly engaging posts or updates that counsels about tobacco harm, effects and possible risk factors that could lead to other life-threatening conditions and about the dangers that surrounds consumption of combusting tobacco which is the major risk factor of diseases.