Zimbabwe: Farmers Oppose Tobacco Ban

8 January 2013

Mhondoro — TOBACCO farmers in Mhondoro communal lands have described the World Health Organisation's proposed ban on tobacco production as hypocritical and meant to harm economies not on good terms with countries such as Britain and the United States.

Britain and the United States are part of the five permanent members of the United Nations that also include Russia, China and France and are actively involved in funding most UN bodies and projects to easily influence their decisions.

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