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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 27 International |
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| | International: Africa |
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| | Sudan and Mozambique are the only countries in Africa to ban tobacco advertising. |
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| | In Kenya, cigarettes with brand names such as "Life" and "Sportsman" are promoted |
| | as the passport to success, health, and a Western lifestyle. |
| | NEJM, March 28, 1991, p. 917 |
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| | In Kenya, the tobacco industry is using loan incentives to switch peasant farmers from |
| | food production to tobacco growing. Each year, about 10,000 new farmers from the |
| | most productive parts of the country sign contracts to cultivate tobacco. |
| | 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (J. Nkuchia) |
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| | In Kenya, adult per capita cigarette consumption increased by 28% between 1970 |
| | and 1985. |
| | Tobacco and Health, p. 295 |
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| | British American Tobacco ads being screened in Kenya on TV and cinema "ranged |
| | from scenes of footballing prowess and leaping Masai tribesmen, and promises of |
| | just reward for hard toil, to a depiction of a highly upwardly mobile young couple, |
| | replete with sportscar, high fashion clothing, romantic poses, and under the table |
| | gropings." |
| | British Medical Journal, January 15, 1994, p. 191 |
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