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Dementia - A syndrome associated with memory loss and other declining brain functions.
Tobacco - A substance smoked in cigarettes. It contains nicotine, which is addictive.
Zambian - From Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa with abundant wildlife.
Hypocrisy - When someone pretends to have beliefs, feelings, or standards that they do not really have or follow.
Indigenous - Ethnic groups who are the original or earliest-known inhabitants of an area or country: for example, Native Americans in the USA.
Colonists - Members of a government-backed group who move to and settle in a new area. Colonists control the area politically.
Snuff - A type of smokeless tobacco product that is sniffed by the user.
Transatlantic slave trade - The Atlantic slave trade was the transporting of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves in the Americas. It took place from the 16th to the 19th Centuries.
WHO - Short for the World Health Organisation.
MEPs - Members of the European Parliament.
Nicotine - The substance found in tobacco that people become addicted to. It can also be made artificially.
LGBTQ+ - LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or sometimes questioning), and others. The "plus" represents other sexual identities including pansexual and Two-Spirit.