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South Africa promised to make laws that will clamp down on advertising of tobacco products to stop people from picking up smoking. Now the tobacco industry has new tactics to get around ad bans. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTROL BILL

Does South Africa’s new tobacco bill have enough teeth to thwart F1 sprints on TV?

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…

  • Christina Pitt
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