Zambian Women Are Obsessed With Using Tobacco for Sex – Despite the Health Risks

Lusaka, Zambia — They ingest snuff to self-medicate and insert it in their vaginas to increase their partner’s sexual pleasure. But smokeless tobacco could compound the already steep health challenges they face.

At her makeshift stall, vegetable vendor Racheal Zimba retrieves a small white bottle from her bra and sprinkles some black powder onto her palm. She sniffs it, then sneezes a few times. She buries the remaining powder under her tongue and passes the bottle to another woman, a fellow…