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African countries fight for tobacco control

A lack of resources and interference from the tobacco industry make it difficult to strengthen anti-smoking regulations.
  1. Tammy Worth

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Four school children walking past a stall selling cigarettes on the side of the road.

Tobacco products are often displayed alongside sweets in some African countries. Credit: Tobacco Free Association of Zambia

Fastone Goma, a physician and chair of the Zambia Non-Communicable Disease Alliance, has been working for more than 15 years to pass tobacco cessation legislation in Zambia. Bills have gone to several ministers of health, agriculture and commerce, trade and industry for their consideration. But they have never made it to the National Assembly for a vote.

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Nature 618, S4-S6 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01838-9

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Smoking, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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