title: Exploring cigarette use among male migrant workers in Nigeria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the United States (U.S). Nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the U.S.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted three Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) involving twenty-four male migrant workers who reported that they were current cigarette smokers. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four major themes namely: reasons for initiating and continuing to smoke cigarettes, factors affecting brand choice, barriers to quitting, effect of smoking mentholated cigarette brands were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides insight into the use of mentholated and non-mentholated cigarettes and suggests the need for further studies to explore smoking behavior among Nigerians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Olanrewaju Olusola
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Onigbogi
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karatu
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Sarafa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanusi
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Kolawole
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuyemi
keywords: African; Cigarette; Mentholated; Smoking
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