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Africa grows more tobacco, spends more on imported cigarettes — WHO
Vanguard Nigeria · sub saharan africa
By Damilola Samuel Tobacco-leaf production is declining worldwide but continues to rise in Africa, with the continent recording an almost nine per cent increase between 2012 and 2024, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organisation, WHO. The analysis found that global tobacco-leaf production fell by nearly 19 per cent over the same […] The post Africa grows more tobacco, spends more on imported cigarettes — WHO appeared first on Vanguard News.
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