Cablegate: Mission Action On Tobacco

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SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EB/TPP/ATT/ATP FOR CAROLE JACKSON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD ZI BEXP
SUBJECT: MISSION ACTION ON TOBACCO

REF: STATE 14016

IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, MISSION IS NOT AWARE OF ANY USG
ACTION OR USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF
THE SALE OR EXPORT OF TOBACCO, OR RELATED PRODUCTS,
EITHER IN ZIMBABWE OR TO EXTERNAL MARKETS. POST DOES
DIALOGUE WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS, MANY OF WHOM GROW
TOBACCO IN ADDITION TO OTHER CROPS. MISSION HAS ALSO NOT
TAKEN ANY SPECIFIC ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF GOZ TOBACCO
CONTROL EFFORTS, WHICH ARE MINIMAL, ALTHOUGH PART OF OUR
PERSONNEL ROSTER INCLUDES A CDC SPECIALIST INVOLVED IN A
REGIONAL SMOKING-CESSATION PROGRAM.

SULLIVAN

UNCLASSIFIED

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