The object of this Bill are to—
(a) provide for the promotion, regulation and monitoring of the production, marketing and packing of tobacco in the Republic;
(b) provide for the regulation of the import of tobacco to the Republic;
(c) continue the existence of the Tobacco Board of Zambia and re-define its functions;
(d) re-constitute the composition of the Board and revise the Board functions;
(e) provide for the imposition and collection of a levy on tobacco grown in the Republic;
(f) repeal and replace the Tobacco Act, 1967 and the Tobacco Levy Act, 1967; and
(g) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.