This chapter analyzes the inadequacy of state policies to assist small-scale tobacco contract farming in peripheral … peripheral communities in Zimbabwe with large numbers of farmers who grow tobacco under contract and those who do not. Access to … statistical data from the Tobacco Information and Marketing Board (TIMB) in Zimbabwe was also obtained. Tobacco contract farming …

While the tobacco industry ranks among the most substantial and successful of economic enterprises, tobacco consumption … is associated with more deaths than any other product. Economic analysis of the markets for tobacco products … roles of public policy in grappling with the health consequences of tobacco. Certainly the most significant example of this …