The Hawks are under-resourced and an independent body is required to tackle syndicated organised crime
Public health experts disagree with the vaping industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax will lead to a similar path of Aids denialism
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
The world’s number two tobacco company sees three million new consumers for its noncombustible options
An entirely new supply chain has now been created, and of course it’s untaxed
South Africa’s tobacco industry interference statistics are improving year on year, but more needs to be done
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last
The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system
The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally
Tobacco companies are fighting to lift the ban on cigarette sales, but research shows people are still smoking — and this is feeding the black market
‘Sweeties’ (cigarettes) for R150, and marching on Parliament — an insight into the social-media groups popping up to push back against lockdown regulations
Smoking out social tobacco users as unique spreaders of the coronavirus sends out the wrong messages
No break for the smokers and drinkers from Prez Pozi and Dr No, but we’re still zolling …
Blame and praise can’t be apportioned to individual leaders of a collective Cabinet
Is this “syndrome” another symptom that the lockdown has made us all a little bit crazy? Is it a symbol that we all just need to get a grip on it?
Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks
Allied forces in the two world wars were provided with cigarettes. The anti-smoking Nazis used taxes on tobacco to help fill Germany’s depleted coffers
The lockdown has seen fewer incidents of gang violence in some dangerous Cape Town areas, but the criminal underworld is still hard at work
If the government relaxes its total ban, there’s more chance of people modifying their behaviour, for example, not sharing cigarettes or drinking from the same bottle
Regulation uncertainty leaves slap-happy police and soldiers to decide when people should or shouldn’t be allowed on the streets
Two books, one political and the other about trade, brings home that we’re a country of spooks
Claim: 49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco. Is this true? Africa Check investigates.
A new reports shows that the illegal cigarette trade is costing the fiscus — and the health department — billions
Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012
Child labour and other rights abuses on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms
‘E-cigarette smokers might have a higher risk than nonsmokers of developing lung and bladder cancers and heart diseases’
"We don’t run cigarette ads because they are hazardous to our health, and we won’t accept Trump ads for the exact same reason," said BuzzFeed’s CEO.
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New research suggests that smokers who lose their jobs spend more time unemployed than nonsmokers, although the reasons are unknown.
A jury has awarded the widow of a chain smoker more than $23-billion in damages, the largest in Florida history.
I decided to go cold turkey: I no longer reek of cigarette smoke, my wife no longer recoils when I slink into bed, I sleep better, I breathe better.
Lower volumes do little to hurt British American Tobacco’s profits and the demand for its shares.
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KT&G has agreed to pull the ads for new cigarette brand This Africa after its use of monkeys to ‘remind people of Africa’ was deemed racist.