Tobacco ads have been banned in many countries for years, but Big Tobacco is finding ways to get around the rules — like partnering with Formula 1 to punt their new products to a global audience
Harm reduction, not regulations will help South African smokers to quit
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
The Asian giant has over 300 million tobacco-smokers, but the vaping trend has yet to explode as it has in the United States and elsewhere.
South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.
‘E-cigarette smokers might have a higher risk than nonsmokers of developing lung and bladder cancers and heart diseases’
The Electronic-cigarette Association of South Africa has labelled the government’s attempts to regulate the devices as a cop-out.
Many smokers find quitting impossible, but vaping can reduce tobacco-related harm.
If the health minister has his way, vaping will soon be regulated like regular smoking because, he says, Big Tobacco is complicit in its rise.