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Why Do Farmers Grow Tobacco? Evidence from Farmers in Indonesia and the Philippines
The supply of tobacco remains a pressing challenge to tobacco control. In the last two decades, there has been an increase in tobacco leaf production, especially in low- and middle-income countries where tobacco remains a popular and even dominant cash crop in some countries. This growth is happening despite a slow global decline in tobacco…
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The Tobacco Industry is Not an Economic Development Partner
Recently, murmurs in the development community have posited that mainly because of its strong supply chains and high profitability, a re-tooled tobacco industry might be a suitable development partner. A recent article by tobacco farming researchers across six countries systematically debunks this notion by demonstrating why the tobacco industry has proven to be a mostly…
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Countering the Narrative of Prosperity for Smallholder Tobacco Farmers: Evidence from Kenya
In recent years, there has been a systematic shift in tobacco farming to the world’s lower-Human Development Index (HDI) countries that tend to struggle economically and where governance is often weak. With little or no evidence, the tobacco industry pushes a loud narrative that tobacco control (e.g., tobacco taxation, smoke-free places, packaging/labeling provisions, marketing bans,…