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Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian A smoker in a Nairobi smoking zone Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian A Nairobi smoking zone Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Nairobi, Kenya Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The combined revenues of the worlds 6 largest tobacco companies in 2013 was USD342 Billion, 85% larger than the Gross National Income of Kenya Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Posted in: Africa, British American Tobacco, Government.

Before they departed, Drake and his companions nailed an engraved plate with the queens name, and an English coin, to a post, noting the date and the fact that the local population had given its land to England

"It shows that they really completely bought the fairytale from the tobacco industry, [which is] trying to find a new market for these products and saying that these are harm reduction products

She reminded that the greatest challenge the tobacco industry has been experiencing is the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) which aims at reducing tobacco consumption globally