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'Third of South Africa smokes cigarettes'
The 2012 Health24 Great SA Smoking Survey, sponsored by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, found that more than 50 percent of smokers puff between 11 and 30 cigarettes a day, and that about 33 percent of smokers started smoking at 15 and younger – too young to
Apr 12, 2013
The Independent Online (IOL) / The Post (za)
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Apr 12, 2013 13:32
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Huge outcry over tobacco prices
TOBACCO growers in Manicaland have decried the "good crop and poor price" fiasco obtaining at the country's auction floors arguing that the trend was gradually forcing them out of the farming business.
Apr 12, 2013
Manica Post (zw)
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Apr 12, 2013 13:29
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[Africa, South Africa] Free Market Foundation attacks 'apartheid-style' liquor, tobacco laws
NEW regulations affecting the liquor, tobacco and other industries are reminiscent of apartheid laws and will cripple small businesses, the Free Market Foundation has said.
Apr 12, 2013
Business Day (za)
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Apr 12, 2013 13:28
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[Africa, Zambia] Tobacco to be priced in Kwacha
Apr 10, 2013
Times of Zambia (zm)
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Apr 10, 2013 15:09
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[Africa, Malawi] Tobacco earns US$15m
Tobacco sales at the country's auction floors have earned US$15 million in foreign exchange in four weeks, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has said.
Apr 9, 2013
Daily Times (mw)
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Apr 10, 2013 15:05
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[Africa] Nigeria Needs A Robust Tobacco Bill - Pate
The Minister of state for Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, has lamented the absence of a robust Tobacco Bill for the country, which he said, could have regulated the use of tobacco and thus help in the prevention of non communicable diseases. He disclosed
Apr 10, 2013
Leadership (ng)
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Apr 10, 2013 12:10
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco output expected to increas
THE increase in the number of tobacco growers registering for this year’s selling season is likely to push the expected 170 million kg upwards, an official with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said.
Apr 7, 2013
Zimbabwe Standard (zw)
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Apr 8, 2013 10:23
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] $200m realised at tobacco auction floors
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has recorded close to $200 million from sales of the golden leaf as more farmers continue to deliver their crop, it has emerged.
Apr 8, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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Apr 8, 2013 08:23
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Masvingo urged to try tobacco
Masvingo Bureau Masvingo Governor and Resident Minister Titus Maluleke has urged communal farmers to shift to tobacco production following the success of several pilot tobacco growing projects across the province. Addressing farmers at a field day held
Apr 5, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Apr 7, 2013 15:25
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[Africa, Asia, China, Egypt] It's a smoke world, after all
Tobacco companies even exploit revolution. According to WHO's Global Adult Tobacco Survey, when Hosni Mubarak's government in Egypt was overthrown and smoking regulations fell by the wayside, tobacco companies stepped in to promote smoking as a way to de
Apr 7, 2013
St. Joseph (MI) Herald-Palladium
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Apr 7, 2013 09:13