Activating rural voices for effective implementation of tobacco control policies.

Just like many other African countries, Malawi, one of the world's top ten exporters of tobacco, is increasingly experiencing the consequences of tobacco-related death and diseases. However, as yet it lacks public health-related control policies. One reason for this is a lack of data, our authors believe. With their action research project, they seek to change this state of affairs - and here, they particularly have the voices of rural communities in mind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]