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[Africa, Zimbabwe] No respite for burley tobacco farmers
SEASONAL burley tobacco prices were averaging US$1,48 per kg at the auction floors last week amid fears that low prices obtaining would drive away farmers from growing the crop.
May 19, 2013
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
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May 19, 2013 18:50
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[Africa, Nigeria] Anti-smoking Bill: Stakeholders Caution Lawmakers
PRO-TOBACCO campaigners and labour groups have urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to exercise caution in its debate on a bill banning cigarette smoking in schools, hotels, bars, nightclubs and other public places The group, comprising manufacturers,
May 18, 2013
The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria)
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May 18, 2013 21:14
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[Africa, Kenya] The Cutting Edge: TOO MANY SMOKERS
Does the ban on smoking in public only apply to Nairobi’s central business district? asks Peter Mathenge. In Nairobi West shopping centre and at the Nyayo National Stadium, for instance, smokers freely indulge in the habit.
May 14, 2013
Daily Nation (ke)
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May 17, 2013 13:50
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[Africa] ZAKUMUMPAf: Uganda should ban tobacco advertising
When I was growing up as a child in the 1980s and the 1990s, the back pages of TIME and Newsweek magazines were almost always adorned with a surreal image of a trim, middle-aged white man. ... The Uganda Tobacco Control Bill (2012) proposes to ban tobacc
May 16, 2013
The Observer (ug)
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May 17, 2013 10:53
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[Africa] Gambia Launches Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy Formulation
the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Raid-The Gambia and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched a Comprehensive Tobacco Control formulation at the conference hall of the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) in Bakau. The one day multi
May 16, 2013
All-Africa.com
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May 16, 2013 14:25
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] 'No price wars' in the tobacco industry
tobacco industry has grown in leaps and bounds since 2009 when the country adopted the multicurrency system and the emergence of new small-scale growers. NewsDay Business Reporter Victoria Mtomba spoke to Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) chai
May 16, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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May 16, 2013 03:19
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[Africa] Mauritius: Tobacco 'kills 1000 Mauritians yearly'
Despite the decline in cigarette consumption per capita from 1,075 in 2009 to 750 in 2012, tobacco still kills 1,000 Mauritians every year, according to Mauritian Health Minister Lormus Bundhoo. Speaking Wednesday at a workshop in Port-Louis, the ministe
May 15, 2013
Afriquenligne (fr)
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May 15, 2013 20:00
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[Africa, South Africa] Where there is smoke...
E-cigarettes and its refill liquid are classified as schedule 3 drugs and may only be sold at pharmacies if you have a script from your doctor. You would never say it, because there are e-cigarette kiosks in shopping centres everywhere selling their war
May 15, 2013
News24 (za)
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May 15, 2013 14:11
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[Africa, Nigeria] EDITORIAL: The Lagos Anti-Smoking Bill
A bill against public smoking in public in Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, may soon be passed by the state House of Assembly. We only hope the bill will not end up like the several others that have been passed without proper implementation.
May 15, 2013
P.M. News Nigeria (ng)
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May 15, 2013 14:07
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[Africa, Nigeria] Why anti-smoking bill should be passed, by lawmaker
A MEMBER of Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has said the proposed anti-smoking Bill ... The ‘Bill for a law to provide for the regulation of smoking in designated places in Lagos State and for connected purposes’ has scaled second readi
May 15, 2013
The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria)
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May 15, 2013 13:57