The tobacco industry has set its sights on Africa, exploiting regulatory loopholes and targeting a rapidly growing youth population with new nicotine products. Source ...

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New smoking laws are moving closer to reality despite strong opposition from businesses and labour groups. New smoking laws aimed at tightening regulations on tobacco and vaping products are nearing ...

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Other players include Nyasa Manufacturing Company, Limbe Leaf, JTI, Alliance One, Hail & Cotton, Premium Tobacco Malawi, African Tobacco Services, Associated Central African Limited, and Watergen.

Tobacco is an important agricultural crop in a number of Eastern African economies, such as Malawi where it is the largest export. Tobacco trade is also important to the Chinese economy, where the ...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars ... described as duties imposed on certain goods based on quantity rather than value ...

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