Despite the benefits that tobacco growing produces for Zimbabwe – and for tobacco dealers and manufacturers, and governments in other countries – most growers remain poor.Read More
One of two stories published in the Philippines yesterday suggests that growers can earn more by improving leaf quality, while the second suggests that graders might downgrade their leaf.Read More
With a 20 percent adult tobacco-smoking rate only a 2030 aspiration, China will struggle to bear the economic and social cost of the habit, some observers believe. Read More
It must be comforting for the financially-poor of Indonesia to know that academics are recommending that they be further pauperized in order to cure their poverty, long term.Read More
The negative health consequences of tobacco use are said to be putting a strain on Kenya's efforts to achieve its development goals.Read More
A mini-tender launched on August 12 by TRC Capital Corporation aims to buy up to 2,000,000 British American Tobacco American Depositary Shares.Read More
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Malawi’s growers are being told once again that quality is the key to ‘significant earnings’. This is true, but who is it that is pocketing these significant earnings’?Read More
The sale to Japan Tobacco Inc. of Gudang Garam’s subsidiary Karyadibya Mahardika and its distributor Surya Mustika Nusantara has been confirmed in a regulatory filing.Read More
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