The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says it will petition the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after a setback in court in its challenge to the tobacco sales ban on Friday.
Fita was seeking leave to appeal against a Pretoria high court ruling that dismissed its challenge to the ban on the sale of tobacco products. But a full bench of the high court dismissed the appeal.
Fita had argued before the high court in its application for leave to appeal that there was no evidence that the ban on the sale of tobacco products alleviates the burden on the health-care system.
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