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[Africa, Uganda] Tobacco leaf business was too risky – BATU
Addressing journalists at their Jinja road offices on Monday, BATU Managing Director Jonathan D’Souza said the firm found the cigarette selling and marketing business more certain and predictable than tobacco leaf. “There were times when competitors wou
Sep 3, 2014
The Observer (ug)
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Sep 3, 2014 12:37
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[Uganda, UK] British American Tobacco To Layoff 177 Direct Staff Due To Low Tobacco Profitability
says close to 15,000 farmers in West Nile and Bunyoro regions will be affected by its plan to terminate leaf production in Uganda. The global tobacco group, British American Tobacco, says close to 15,000 farmers in West Nile and Bunyoro regions will be a
Sep 1, 2014
NTV-Uganda (ug)
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Sep 2, 2014 09:51
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[Africa, Uganda] BATU ends tobacco leaf business
will discontinue its leaf growing and export business after 86 years with a new player set to enter the market at the end of the year. Jonathan D’souza, the BATU managing director told reporters that the decision was reached after the company’s biggest c
Sep 1, 2014
The New Vision (ug)
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Sep 1, 2014 20:36
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[Africa, Uganda] BATU to stop buying tobacco
“BATU has received notification that its main customer for export tobacco, British American Tobacco Global Leaf Pool Limited (GLP) will enter into an agreement with Alliance One International (AOI)… to provide future tobacco requirements from Uganda,” th
Sep 1, 2014
The Observer (ug)
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Sep 1, 2014 02:36
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[Africa, Uganda] MPs call for ban on single cigarette sticks
MPs on the parliamentary forum for non-communicable diseases (PFNCD) want a ban on selling single sticks of cigarettes. They also demand that 75% of the cigarette packets bear visible health warnings with pictures showing harmful defects suffered by ciga
Aug 29, 2014
The New Vision (ug)
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Aug 29, 2014 13:42
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[Africa, Uganda] Babies exposed to smoking more sickly
One of the devastating effects of smoking during pregnancy is that the baby is either born prematurely or with low birth weight. Daniel Kadobera, an epidemiologist in the ministry of Health, says cigarette smoke restricts blood vessels, therefore, reduci
Aug 13, 2014
The Observer (ug)
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Aug 13, 2014 10:47
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[Africa, Uganda] MPs want shisha smoking banned
AS Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark the International Youth Day, Youth MPs have called for a ban on Shisha smoking among the youth saying it is a health threat to the youth who are the future leaders of Uganda.
Aug 10, 2014
The New Vision (ug)
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Aug 10, 2014 21:39
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[Africa] ACEMAH: Time to snuff out tobacco growing in Uganda
the best solution to avert the negative consequences of smoking is for the people of Uganda to abandon growing tobacco altogether. As I have argued above, there are many viable and better alternatives which are readily available.
Jul 28, 2014
The Independent (ug)
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Jul 28, 2014 05:06
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[Africa, Uganda] Farmers back Tobacco Control Bill
Presenting their petition to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga at Parliament on Thursday, Tobacco farmers representing people from Kanungu, Hoima and West Nile districts said the law will 'protect both farmers and non-farmers from the negative side effects of tobac
Jul 17, 2014
The New Vision (ug)
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Jul 18, 2014 17:38
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[Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe] NATT Cautions African Governments Against Tobacco Lobbyists
The Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnational (NATT), has asked African governments, to be alert of the ploy of tobacco industry lobbyists at the October conference on economic-viability alternatives in Moscow. NATT, a coalition of more than 1
Jul 16, 2014
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (gh)
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Jul 16, 2014 21:09