It’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours,…
Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
Adults must make free choices about their lives and parents and communities are responsible for providing guidance and supervision for
Measures must be taken to ensure that consumers and policymakers are not misled by industry-funded pseudo-science
Since Homo sapiens became a thing about 300 000 years ago, we have never breathed more carbon dioxide, absorbed more industrial toxins or processed more privatised propaganda
The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces
But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health
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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…
Harm reduction, not regulations will help South African smokers to quit
British American Tobacco says 200 workers will be out of a job soon but public health researchers argue they’re using misleading figures to back retrenchments
With its tobacco dollars going up in smoke, the country is struggling to keep its petrol-starved cars on the road
This is the first in a series of analyses about the fight for the nations’ lungs. Here, we take a look at the tobacco control players in South Africa
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
Proposed bribe to Zanu-PF was co-ordinated by South African private security company FSS
The minister could spend the state’s money on fighting Covid-19 and cigarette cartels, tobacco manufacturers argue
The treasury forecasts 3.3% growth, but warns this will fall to 1.6% if the fledgeling vaccination programme fails to stem successive Covid waves
In two weeks the co-operative governance minister will continue her fight against Batsa after the tobacco ban was found to be was unconstitutional
The tobacco company has counter-filed for leave to appeal December’s tobacco ruling, should the government’s application for leave to appeal be successful
