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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, Uganda] Young girls more prone to addiction
Research done in Uganda shows that the average Ugandan child starts smoking at the age of 13. In tobacco growing areas like Arua district, the initiation age is even lower, with some children taking to the habit at the age of nine.
May 15, 2013
The New Vision (ug)
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May 15, 2013 09:50
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Virginia's Largest Independent Tobacco Manufacturer Enters Little Cigar Market In A Big Way
As part of the American tobacco farming industry for over 100 years, S&M Brands, Inc., one of Virginia's largest independent tobacco growers and manufacturing companies and makers of Bailey's, Tahoe and Riverside cigarettes, expands into the little cigar
May 14, 2013
PR Newswire
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May 14, 2013 18:40
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VIDEO: Kentucky puffs on as tobacco farming dwindles
US state with highest number of smokers was once a major tobacco producer, but many farmers switched crops.
May 12, 2013
Al-Jazeera (qt)
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May 13, 2013 03:16
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[North Carolina, Ohio] Top tobacco executives set to meet with FLOC
Top executives for tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. have agreed to resume discussions with the Toledo-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee about ways to address alleged farm-worker abuses.
May 11, 2013
Toledo (OH) Blade
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May 11, 2013 13:55
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[Africa] Commission says Malawi farmers need to grow more flue cured tobacco
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has bemoaned the low production of flue cured tobacco and urged farmers in the country to improve in the next growing season.
May 9, 2013
MaraviPost.com (mw)
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May 9, 2013 15:26
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] 107 million kg tobacco sold to date
May 9, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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May 9, 2013 01:05
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[Cameroon] Tobacco Industry: FPTC under A Caretaker Administration
Jean Marc Sambha’a, a retired agronomist has been appointed “provisional administrator” to manage the Federation of Cameroon tobacco producers and growers of other agricultural food crops (FPTC), east of the country by the Minister of Agriculture and Rura
May 8, 2013
Business in Cameroon (ch)
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May 8, 2013 12:35
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[North Carolina] Advocates plan to pressure Reynolds American over tobacco farm working conditions
Members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and its supporters rallied outside the Reynolds American headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday. The company's annual shareholder's meeting was being held inside, and recognition of the union w
May 8, 2013
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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May 8, 2013 07:20
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Zimra nets US$2,2m from tobacco
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has collected US$2,2 million from the tobacco levy since the beginning of the tobacco-selling season this year, exceeding slightly its target by 7 percent. During the same period last year, US$1, 8 million was collected.
May 7, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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May 7, 2013 07:31