Malawi: addicted to the leaf.
The east African country of Malawi, one of the poorest in the world, derives most of its economic income from tobacco production. The challenges facing Malawi if it is to decrease its dependence on the leaf are discussed here.
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Department Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. pdavies@gmp.usyd.edu.au
D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics*; D003906:Developing Countries; D007182:Income; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D011057:Politics; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014026:Nicotiana