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
Cancer accounted for about 32.3% of all insurer Liberty’s claims for 2023
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
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
With the number of cases spiralling out of control in hotspots in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, longer curfews and restrictions on alcohol sales are being implemented
Meanwhile, billions of illegal cigarettes are flooding the informal markets as lockdown regulations are lifted at last
President Ramaphosa drops most of the restrictions that have been in place for the last five months, citing ‘signs of hope’
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
The Cape Town institution, which has traded from the same location for 200 years, has been forced from its premises because of being unable to sell tobacco during the lockdown
We should learn from history that prohibitions tend not to work, even if the intention is good
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
NGOs say the lockdown has detrimental effects on people living with substance dependence, as they try to get their fix amid heavy restriction of movement
a smoke-free future is possible for our country, and the world
The major hurdle is not so much an absence of science, or safety, as it is unthinking religious, moral or cultural panic
Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco have formed partnerships with scientific research subsidiaries and Formula 1 teams
In a probe which cost taxpayers R3-million, a senior Sars’ acting senior manager was targeted
The chairperson of the Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa has responded to Bhekisisa’s article "Did big tobacco buy Twitter?"
Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012