Big Tobacco
latest news & developments‘Vapes are safe alternatives to smoking’ — and other lies they tell us
With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally, the tobacco industry is using its well-honed tactics to increase sales of electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products
New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda
Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population
Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
Smokes and mirrors: How Big Tobacco may have avoided Malawi’s taxman
Alliance One may have moved $4.2-million in taxable profits out of the country
Big Tobacco’s R1m for UCT stubbed out
The university says it had no idea researchers had signed up to take Big Tobacco money but the decision could have lasting effects
A new smoke signal: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
#Budget2019: How this could have netted the country 17.1-billion — & saved lives
Find out why Mboweni’s R1.14 hike won’t be enough to cut smoking, save lives or bring in much-needed cash.
Should you believe the latest smoking figures from this tobacco-funded non-profit?
Claim: 49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco. Is this true? Africa Check investigates.
Mboweni, take a chance and take back the tax — it’s time to hike tobacco taxes
In his speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reprioritised millions for new health workers and hospital upgrades. Here’s what he needs to do next.
Storm warning for the fossil-fuel industry
How oil and gas companies manage their growing political challenges will be just as important for their valuation as their day-to-day operations