Contents TJI EDITION 05/2020:
NEWS & NAMES
In the headlines
Management changes
Company news
SPECIAL
Healing tobacco
A brief overview of tobacco as a medicinal herb
Growing a COVID-19 vaccine
BAT and PMI are using tobacco
plants to develop an experimental vaccine
GLOBAL COMPASS
Honour where honour is due: Interview with tobacco industry expert Fawky Abdallah
Latin America: ready for growth?: A closer look at Argentina‘s and Brazil‘s tobacco market
Syrian tobacco industry struggles amid civil war: Smuggling remains a problem
LEAF & TOBACCO PROCESSING
Trouble in paradise: The Greek cigarette market is shrinking as illegal trade rises
Room for improvement: How was Zimbabwe‘s 2020 tobacco selling season?
What has COVID-19 meant for tobacco farmers?: A short summary
Malawi‘s tobacco farmers treading the same old mill:
Adverse weather conditions are becoming an obstacle for farmers7
Hundreds of millions wasted on tobacco:
A critical look at the WHO‘s spending of funds amid the COVID-19 pandemic