No-Smoking Signs Spread Slowly Across Africa

In the United States and Canada, restrictions on smoking and tobacco advertisements have been commonplace for years, but not so in Africa. In Uganda, British American Tobacco, a multinational corporation, provides thousands of jobs and is an important source of revenue in a struggling economy. Smoking is popular among Africans, but a few anti-smoking activists and lawyers are trying to change that. Lawsuits modeled after American class-action suits against tobacco companies have mostly failed in Africa, but the anti-smoking movement is gaining momentum, and some judges have started to turn against the companies. – YaleGlobal