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Local tobacco farmers expect bad news this week after years of shrinking sales. They're worried Philip Morris will close a key facility in Northeast Tennessee. For decades, Greene County boasted th
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More than 50,000 farmers in Migori County, Kenya, have been promised tobacco price rises, but the rises fall well short of what they had asked for, according to a Nairobi Star story relayed by Tobacco
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Indian tobacco business is on a global sales pitch. Recently a trade delegation went to China in an attempt to revive a lost market. Now, a huge delegation from Indian tobacco industry is in Prague, C
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As their crops come in and they count their gains and losses, Eastern North Carolina farmers are finding that much of their profit this year was dried up by drought or blown away by Hurricane Irene.
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Tobacco contributes significantly to the country’s gross domestic product through exports and it also greatly improves the livelihoods of many Zimbabwean people. “The tobacco industry is a main
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Though a Crown corporation selling off tobacco stock is being called an unprecedented move, the province's plans to sue the tobacco industry remain unclear. [caption id="attachment_2123" align="ali
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Kid-friendly flavors, colorful packaging and scheming marketing campaigns target young people while masking the harmful tendencies of tobacco use. The emergence of new candy-flavored tobacco produc
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President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a law that prohibits the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons under the age of 20 years, correspondent BakuToday . Act on restrictions on the distribut
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Cigarette prices should be increased by 156 percent to effectively discourage people from smoking, a study of the University of the Philippines and anti-tobacco group Health Justice showed. In a st
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The Tobacco Retailers Alliance said 71% of those polled admitted to knowledge of the local black market. It also found that nearly one in four corner shop owners, or 23%, have awareness of smuggler
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