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[Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe] Zim hosts tobacco growers’ indaba
Zimbabwe is hosting the International Tobacco Growers’ Association Africa meeting which starts in Harare today. More than 20 delegates from member countries - Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania - are expected to atten
Jun 5, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 5, 2013 17:45
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Tobacco Products, User Fees, Requirements for the Submission of Data Needed to Calculate User Fees for Domestic Manufacturers and Importers of Tobacco Products
this proposed rule that would require domestic tobacco product manufacturers and importers to submit information needed to calculate the amount of user fees assessed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act). The United States Departme
Jun 5, 2013
Regulations.gov
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Jun 5, 2013 08:55
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[Asia, Bangladesh] EDITORIAL: Making a killing
Now they're here reaping unimaginable profits, selling cigarettes to poor, unsuspecting consumers ... mandate that they contribute funds for public health, as they do in the West. This should be the price for the privilege of being allowed to sell their
Jun 1, 2013
Dhaka Tribune (bd)
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Jun 2, 2013 11:16
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[Asia, Indonesia] Activists say anti-tobacco day is an 'industrial ploy'
Jember is one of Indonesia’s main tobacco producers in addition to Deli Serdang in North Sumatra. “World Anti-Tobacco Day is a hidden agenda by foreign countries that is detrimental to Indonesian tobacco farmers,” said Arga.
Jun 1, 2013
Jakarta Post (id)
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Jun 2, 2013 09:50
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[Bangladesh] Anti-tobacco campaigners link smoking to poverty
Anti-tobacco platform Adhunik and World Health Organization (WHO) jointly organised a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club, where speakers demanded strong government monitoring of cigarette-makers who, they say, lure farmers to cultivate tobacco on cropla
Jun 1, 2013
Dhaka Tribune (bd)
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Jun 2, 2013 09:44
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[Africa, Uganda] Tobacco companies fight
A Kenyan firm, Mastermind Tobacco Kenya (MTK Ltd) through its subsidiary Continental Tobacco Uganda (CTU Ltd), is accusing Uganda of using the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to block it from using Uganda as a transit for its ‘Supermatch’ branded cigarett
May 25, 2013
The Independent (ug)
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May 26, 2013 02:06
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New flu vaccine made from tobacco plant in the works
Greenhouse manager Charles Bryant is helping turn tobacco plants into flu vaccines for the bio-pharmaceutical company Medicago. "The vaccine is actually produced inside the leaves itself," Bryant said.
May 24, 2013
KABC-TV Channel 7 (Los Angeles, CA)
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May 26, 2013 01:33
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[Connecticut] The Rebirth Of A 143-Year-Old Tobacco Shed To Be Subject Of Glastonbury Historical Society Presentation
"The History, Preservation and Reconstruction of the Relocated Oak Street Shed" will be presented by Joseph Green, the society's facilities chair, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held at the First Church Congregational, 2183 Main St. The free presentati
May 24, 2013
Hartford (CT) Courant
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May 24, 2013 12:16
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] More farmers turn to tobacco
The tobacco grower base continues to grow with 90 638 farmers having registered for the 2013 marketing season. This is an improvement on the 68 604 growers that had registered during the same period last year. Of the total registered farmers for this yea
May 24, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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May 24, 2013 12:03
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[Africa, Uganda] Tobacco company, farmers in stand-off
some 30,000 farmers from Kanungu district have found out after almost a year of their tobacco remains unsold affecting their everyday livelihoods. The farmers represented by their chairman and local LC 3 chairman last week stormed the Ministry of Trade t
May 24, 2013
The New Vision (ug)
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May 24, 2013 12:02