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, and make laws that protect children
With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally, the tobacco industry is using its well-honed tactics to increase sales of electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products
Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population
New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
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
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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
Consumers need to take responsibility for guaranteeing their own satisfying experience
A recent study by the University of Cape Town Lung Institute found that almost 7 000 learners vape, more than a quarter of them in grade 12
Harm reduction, not regulations will help South African smokers to quit
Public health experts disagree with the vaping industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax will lead to a similar path of Aids denialism
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
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
In proposing this tax, the treasury is relying on one-sided research that shows criminal disdain for the health of smokers
If South Africa is prepared to draw on international harm reduction best practice, it could generate good legislation to regulate vaping and e-cigarettes cleverly
We are in deep shit, but there’s some good news – and, of course, another missed opportunity to do the right thing
Find out what you need to know with this latest article in our series separating tobacco fact from fiction.
‘Over the course of the past five years, I’ve seen people of a variety of ages and vocations suck on their cylinders as if preparing to go underwater’
‘E-cigarette smokers might have a higher risk than nonsmokers of developing lung and bladder cancers and heart diseases’
The Electronic-cigarette Association of South Africa has labelled the government’s attempts to regulate the devices as a cop-out.
