Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to nicotine
Children picking tobacco in the fields of Malawi for consumers far beyond the African country’s borders are being poisoned as they absorb up to two cigarette packs’ worth of nicotine each day, a...
View ArticleQuestions over Malawi Govt and Plan International approaches in tobacco saga
Since Plan International’s alarming report about Malawi child-tobacco-pickers lit up the international media circuit like a fierce wildfire, the Malawi government and other stakeholders have been left...
View ArticleMutharika to deal with exploitative tobacco buyers if
Blantyre, Malawi – Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika, has threatened to arrest any “tobacco colonialist” who defies his deportation order. In a special address to the nation, broadcast on national...
View ArticleMalawi defends tobacco expulsions
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has defended his decision to deport four senior foreign tobacco buyers for flouting fixed-price rules. ... read more >>
View ArticleMalawi trying to enforce child labor laws
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Malawi is paying more attention to its child labor laws after a report revealed thousands of children working on tobacco farms, Plan International says. ... read more >>
View ArticleIt’s Our World: the environmental price of cigarettes
WE all know that smoking can kill. It pollutes the air and leads to untold damage … But does it harm the environment? Apparently, yes, it does. ... read more >>
View ArticleMalawi tobacco sales ‘drop 9%’
Sales of Malawi’s main cash crop tobacco dropped nine percent to 433 million dollars (293 million euros) this year, as prices at the auction floor fell by nearly a quarter, the country’s crop watchdog...
View ArticleTobacco poison surrounds child workers
The children pick through mountainous piles of waste tobacco and sweep it up with their bare hands into giant bags in the hope of scraping a living. From behind a veil of dust, they stare back at us...
View ArticleAfrican farmers fear tobacco curb “catastrophe”
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – An international push to ban burley tobacco, a key ingredient in Marlboro and Lucky Strike cigarettes, could threaten the livelihoods of 3.6 million African tobacco...
View ArticleTobacco Growers Want Borders Opened
Tobacco growers in the south out of desperation have asked government to open up the boarders for them to start selling their tobacco outside Malawi because they are fed up with the experiences in the...
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