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[Kenya] NJOROGE: Are You Raising A Smoker?

So how do you keep your children nicotine free? Well as the child of a smoker who raised three smokers, I am testament to the fact that kids do not believe the adage, ‘do as I say, not as I do’. To my siblings and I, my father always looked like the coo
Nairobi Star (ke)
added Mar 5, 2013 18:20
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[Bangladesh, Brazil, Kenya] Tobacco farmers switching to alternatives

Throughout the world, tobacco farmers are beginning to switch to growing food or higher yielding crops, like bamboo. ... The campaign Unfairtobacco.org interviewed experts from Bangladesh, Kenya and Brazil during last year's Week of Alternative Liveliho
Framework Convention Alliance (ch)
added Feb 14, 2013 13:57
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[Kenya] Mastermind denies owing farmers Sh90m

Cigarette manufacturer Mastermind Tobacco Kenya (MTK) has denied reports in a section of the media that it owes tobacco farmers millions of shillings in arrears.
The Standard (ke)
added Feb 13, 2013 15:14
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Kenya: Tobacco’s Immigrant Child Labour

while these policies are aimed at improving Kenyan citizens’ health, they have also had an unfortunate side-effect – as adult workers have moved to farms growing less hazardous crops, remaining tobacco farms have increasingly recruited child labourers.
ThinkAfricaPress (uk)
added Jan 15, 2013 13:20
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[Kenya] MAKUMI: Banning genetically modified foods won’t reduce cancer; what of tobacco?

Tobacco-related diseases and deaths are alarming. Given that making anti-tobacco rhetoric in an election year would be political suicide for aspirants, perhaps it is time we put tobacco on the “products to be banned after elections” list.
Daily Nation (ke)
added Dec 31, 2012 09:21
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[Kenya] Migori women's seat hopeful pledges to start tobacco plant

Women and youth should be included in development and governance, Migori women's representative aspirant has said. . . . “I have worked closely with Italian investors who seek to start tobacco processing plant and start a wine and soaps industry along
Nairobi Star (ke)
added Dec 28, 2012 13:54
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[Africa, Kenya, Korea - South] Anti-tobacco laws gain currency as UN endorses tough control measures

A crucial conference on tobacco in South Korea that proposes serious restrictions in production of the crop could spell death knell the lucrative tobacco farming. Tobacco farmers are closely monitoring outcome of the conference backed by United Nations
The Standard (ke)
added Nov 19, 2012 18:40
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[Kenya] Forced to inhale cigarette smoke to eke a living

When I arrive for an interview with Mzungu, I have had to wait for some time for him to serve the many customers coming in to buy cigarettes from him at the zone designated by the City Council of Nairobi. Mzungu who is physically challenged has earned h
Capital FM Kenya (ke)
added Nov 13, 2012 04:01
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[Kenya] Tobacco farmers against WHO proposals

WHO says the taxes could raise more than $5 billion (Sh426 billion) in funds for world health efforts, but critics of the tax increases say they would be regressive and lead to the loss of millions of jobs
Capital FM Kenya (ke)
added Nov 2, 2012 14:35
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[Kenya] Tobacco growers protest over proposed WHO ban

Mastermind and BAT Tobacco farmers protest in Lupida, Nambale district yesterday . . . More than 4,500 farmers in Busia and Bungoma yesterday held demonstrations against proposals by WHO to gradually do away with tobacco farming.
Nairobi Star (ke)
added Nov 1, 2012 19:03
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