SLOW PROGRESS ON TOBACCO REGULATION IN BOTSWANA’S STABLE AND PROSPEROUS MARKET
April 2nd, 2020
IF there was a sub-Saharan African country expected to steer a middle course between World Health Organisation (WHO) demands on smoking and protecting a stable and prosperous tobacco industry and market, it would surely be relatively wealthy Botswana – with an average per capital income in 2018 USD7,750. But like many countries in the region, Botswana has been struggling to pass a law that brings the country into full compliance with the UN’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) – with its government finding it difficult to bite the bullet and ...
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