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Ban Tobacco Growing, Govt Urged 

An official in the Ministry of Health has called on the government to ban tobacco growing, saying it would reduce the health risks associated with the crop. Dr Bonaventure Nzeyimana, an official in charge of health care and tobacco control in the Health Ministry said yesterday that the government should devise means of introducing alternative health-friendly crops.

"When you calculate very well, the risks from smoking outweigh revenues accrued from the tobacco business in form of taxes," he said.

Nzeyimana was speaking yesterday at Iwacu Kabusunzu Centre during the occasion to mark the International Day against Smoking.

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