Smoking rates are declining or flat in much of the world. But they're rising in Africa, where even a child can afford the cost of a single cigarette.DIEPSLOOT, South Africa — On the sunny side of a dusty township street, next to the metal gates of a school, Lucas Moyana's little shop is just a board propped on four plastic crates like a child's lemonade stand.
Tobacco Companies See Africa As Fertile Ground
By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Wed, 12/12/2012 - 6:15pm
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