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Big Tobacco

New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda
Thought Leader
/ 31 May 2025

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

By Lekan Ayo-Yusuf
Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan
Thought Leader
/ 30 May 2025

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

By Sam Filby & Corné van Walbeek
Smokes and mirrors: How Big Tobacco may have avoided Malawi’s taxman
Africa
/ 4 March 2024

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

By Zuza Nazaruk and Josephine Chinele
Big Tobacco’s R1m for UCT stubbed out
Article
/ 18 October 2019

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

By Joan Van Dyk
A new smoke signal: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?
Article
/ 20 June 2019

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?

By Joan Van Dyk and Bhekisisa Team
#Budget2019: How this could have netted the country 17.1-billion — & saved lives
Article
/ 20 February 2019

#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.

By Savera Kalideen
Should you believe the latest smoking figures from this tobacco-funded non-profit?
Article
/ 5 December 2018

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.

By Staff Reporter
Mboweni, take a chance and take back the tax — it’s time to hike tobacco taxes
Article
/ 25 October 2018

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.

By Savera Kalideen
Storm warning for the fossil-fuel industry
Article
/ 2 October 2018

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

By Staff Reporter

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