A life gone up in smoke

Tobacco is the only legally available product that kills people when it is used entirely as intended.

Zim tobacco sales end with record crop

Zimbabwe's tobacco sale closed on Friday with a record crop of 122-million kilograms having been sold.

Malawi expels tobacco buyers for price undercuts

Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for tobacco are the "enemy of the people", said Malawi's president.

Tobacco deaths higher than HIV/Aids, Malaria and TB

Over five million people die from the effects of tobacco globally a year, which is higher than HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis deaths combined.

Don't smoke it, put it in a pill

A Zimbabwean scientist is developing a cheaper rabies vaccine made from tobacco leaves.

Marlboro maker to buy chewing-tobacco firm

The Marlboro cigarettes empire Altria is in talks to buy the United States's biggest maker of chewing tobacco.

Welcome to tobacco country

We might think we're big in mining, synthetic fuels, cellphones or banking, but our biggest listed company on the JSE soon will be in tobacco.

North West to hold hearings on substance abuse

The North West legislature will hold public hearings on two Bills for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse later this month.

Zimbabwe's tobacco sector fizzles out

The perennial political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe has wreaked havoc with the country's once-thriving tobacco industry.

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