Tobacco
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Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to it
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,…
New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda
Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population
Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
Stop weaponising the youth in a paternalistic anti-vaping crusade
Adults must make free choices about their lives and parents and communities are responsible for providing guidance and supervision for
The lies behind the e-cigarette industry’s claims about reducing smoking
Measures must be taken to ensure that consumers and policymakers are not misled by industry-funded pseudo-science
Why do health warnings exclude bottled water and social media?
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
Big Tobacco tries to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law
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
BAT and Philip Morris see rise in sale of smokeless products
But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health
‘Cancer-related insurance claims on the rise, post-Covid-19’
Cancer accounted for about 32.3% of all insurer Liberty’s claims for 2023 This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…
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…
The tobacco bill violates human rights
Harm reduction, not regulations will help South African smokers to quit
What’s behind the Big Tobacco job cuts? A guide to SA’s illegal trade after Covid
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
Dearth of foreign currency drives Malawi’s fuel shortage
With its tobacco dollars going up in smoke, the country is struggling to keep its petrol-starved cars on the road
Smoke and mirrors: The hazy world of the proposed vaping tax
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
Council wants Hawks, SIU probe into BAT’s Zimbabwe scandal
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors