Giorgi Mzhavanadze works as an independent consultant on research projects undertaken by research institutions. At the time this research was conducted, he had a service agreement with the Ukraine-based nonprofit organization Healthy Initiatives. Healthy Initiatives promotes public health and well-being and supports projects addressing noncommunicable diseases and other health challenges in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Its activities include research on tobacco control, smoking cessation, mental health and public-health policy. In parallel, Mzhavanadze has a service agreement with Knowledge-Action-Change (KAC), a UK-based organization focused on harm reduction as a public-health strategy.
This study was conducted as part of the authors’ collaboration with Healthy Initiatives.
