Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Now Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) World Tobacco Congress.

Tobacco was used for millennium for religious and medicinal purposes by the natives in America before it was introduced to Europe following the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus. Unless other plants from the New World such as potatoes and tomatoes, it has caused more harm than good. Apart from causing cardiovascular disorders, it has been shown to aggravates age-related macular degeneration and thyroid eye disease.