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Cheaper, untaxed cigarettes are disproportionately used by lower-income smokers, people with less formal education and heavier smokers — groups more vulnerable to both economic strain and health risks.
ALCOHOL BAN

Trail of Covid cases on trial in the courts

Since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the state of disaster in March, the government’s lockdown regulations have been the subject of public scrutiny and ire

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly products.
TOBACCO

Right of reply: Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa response to M&G article

The chairperson of the Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa has responded to Bhekisisa’s article "​Did big tobacco buy Twitter?"

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
The tobacco industry has launched another widespread ad campaign to combat new tobacco regulations. (Akhtar Soomro)
CONTROL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND

Did Big Tobacco buy Twitter?

There’s more to the data — and social media — backing the latest tobacco-funded ad campaign.

  • Joan Van Dyk
6 min read
BORDER CONTROL

Porous border is smugglers’ paradise

<b>Sean O’Toole</b> and <b>Paul Botes</b> take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system.

  • Sean Otoole
  • Paul Botes
15 min read
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO

Welcome to tobacco country

We might think we’re big in mining, synthetic fuels, cellphones or banking, but our biggest listed company on the JSE soon will be in tobacco.

  • Lynley Donnelly
6 min read