British American Tobacco’s cigarette sale ban bid to be heard in court by Kaylynnpalm
CAPE TOWN - The latest challenge to government's ban on the sale of tobacco reaches the courts on Wednesday.
It comes in the wake of the failed Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association challenge earlier this year.
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