Oke, Gabriel Ilerioluwa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-8895
Ademola, Peter Sunday http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8205-1327
Utaka, Edith Nnenna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5574-3229
John, Eyinaikanan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-3389
Adam, Mohammed Fathelrahman http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-9004
Okereke, Blessed http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-1233
Onyia, Ifunanya Mary-Ann http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-2351
Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-0984
Article History
Received: 5 July 2023
Accepted: 23 November 2023
First Online: 16 January 2024
Declarations
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: While no formal ethical approval was obtained, the researchers meticulously observed ethical principles relevant to studies involving human participants in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. These principles included obtaining informed consent, which was acquired electronically after participants have read the detail description of the research. Prior to providing responses to the Google form, all participants were required to complete the informed consent form, with the option to choose whether or not to do so. To safeguard confidentiality and anonymity, no names or identifiable codes were used in the online questionnaire. Furthermore, participants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study at any time if they felt uncomfortable answering the questions.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participants were informed of their right to decide whether to partake in the study or not, and their right to withdraw from the study at any given time.
: Gabriel Ilerioluwa and Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi have previously been recipients of tobacco harm reduction scholarships awarded by Knowledge-Action-Change, a public health organization with a specific focus on tobacco harm reduction. The views and opinions expressed in the contents of this paper are the sole responsibility of the authors, and should not, under any circumstances, be regarded as reflecting the positions of Knowledge-Action-Change.