Zimbabwe Moves to Tobacco Industry Act

Cabinet has approved the principles for amending the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Act, paving the way for an overhaul of legislation that has long been criticised as outdated and ill-suited to the modern tobacco industry.

The proposed reforms are intended to align the law with developments in contract farming, research, corporate governance and evolving tobacco products, while closing legal gaps that have emerged since the Act was last amended in 1997.

Originally enacted in 1977, the legislation…