But cigarettes remain widely available on black market, according to study. Read More
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Retailers had placed thousands of orders ahead of the anticipated lifting of the prohibition in South Africa.Read More
The usual milch-cows are being lined up as South Africa's Treasury looks to increase its revenue by R1 billion.Read More
Governments that use tobacco excise tax increases to limit consumption need to look at the wider picture – at whether they are impoverishing tobacco growers and enriching criminals.Read More
The South African Government is unlikely to heed a request to halt cigarette excise tax rises if retail prices can be increased by other means.Read More
Just as there is no point in winking at somebody in the dark; there is no point in trying to sell somebody a new product whose advantages are kept hidden from view. Read More
A South African court has provided a space for growing cannabis for personal use in private.Read More
A requirement for standardized tobacco packaging is included in a new anti-tobacco bill currently before South Africa's parliament.Read More
With experts offering radically different risk assessments of new generation products; consumers should be given all the information available so that they can decide.Read More
A new smoking bill in South Africa that takes in vaping is said to be a "cut-and-paste job from Geneva" that doesn't take account of local circumstances.Read More