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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco sales to 45 million kgs

MORE than 45 million kilograms of tobacco have gone under the hammer at the country’s three main auction floors since the beginning of the 2013 tobacco selling season, with prices picking up to end the week averaging at US$3,74 per kilogramme.
NewZimbabwe.com (uk)
added Apr 7, 2013 00:27
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[Africa, South Africa] Legal tobacco sector 'under threat'

The Tobacco Institute of South Africa says the illegal trade of cigarette is threatening its existence.
Eyewitness News (za)
added Apr 7, 2013 00:24
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[Africa, Russia, South America/Caribbean] Malawi farmers’ livelihood to go up in smoke as Chile bans public puffing

"We're very concerned with the smoking ban in Chile, in Russia and other countries have also proposed similar bans,” Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer Bruce Munthali told The Nation newspaper. “Tobacco farmers as any othe
MaraviPost.com (mw)
added Apr 6, 2013 05:11
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[Africa] Malawi tobacco sales register success amid challenges -TCC

Experts on the tobacco industry say the country’s on-going gold leaf marketing season continues registering success in both pricing and revenue collected despite other challenges facing the industry.
NyasaTimes.Com (mw)
added Apr 5, 2013 14:10
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[Africa] Senegal Sounds Warnings about Smoking

Senegal's Ministry of Health and Social Action, along with the World Lung Foundation, has officially launched an eight-week, mass-media campaign that will attempt to educate the public on the dangers of smoking. The campaign, which is known as "Sponge,"
VOANews.com (Voice of America)
added Apr 4, 2013 09:55
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[Africa, Rwanda] WHO calls for heavy taxes on tobacco products

The east African Community (EAC) governments should increase taxes on tobacco products to discourage smoking. According to the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa, taxes on tobacco products are low in East Africa, which makes it easy for many people to
The New Times (rw)
added Apr 1, 2013 09:16
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[Africa, Asia-pacific, UK] Smoking poses TB risk to young

The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates. “We’ve known for a long time that smoki
Financial Times (uk)
added Mar 30, 2013 10:44
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[Africa] Rwanda ranked least EAC country on death attributable to tobacco

Kigali: Research findings from the 2012 study indicate that, 7.5% of the Rwandan population are tobacco consumers a fact that ranks Rwanda the least tobacco consumer compared to other EAC countries ... The proportion of death attributable to tobacco vari
Rwanda News Agency (rw)
added Mar 29, 2013 14:39
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[Africa] Tl EDITORIAL: Read this to learn about cigarette butt degradation-

If there is a winning theme in any of these stories it is a combirut ion of strategies-where companies or individuals look for opportunities and manage their resources as intelligently as possible, often in a variety of interesting ways.
Tobacco Journal International
added Mar 16, 2013 13:12
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Dominic Brisby, designado Director de Imperial Tobacco para el Sur y Europa Central y África [Dominic Brisby, appointed Director of Imperial Tobacco for South and Central Europe and Africa ]

Dominic Brisby has been appointed by Imperial Tobacco Group Director for South and Central Europe and Africa, as it will play from April 1, 2013.
Altadis
added Mar 8, 2013 13:14
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