A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny black box
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Yet, despite the WHO finding South Africa — along with Lesotho — has the highest proportion of adults who smoke daily in Africa,are outdated. The regulations, last updated in 1995, require health warnings that cover 15% of the front of a cigarette pack, far below the WHO’s Tobacco products will be wrapped in a uniform plain colour chosen by the health minister and must have warnings that cover at least 65% of the front and back. Cigarette packs must show messages about the harms of smoking or benefits of quitting, information on what the product contains and emits, and include pictures or graphics that show the health risks. around 80% works well … but the Bill is very good and will change the whole tobacco and nicotine control landscape,” says Ayo-Yusuf.
When cigarettes are produced illegally with fake trademarks or sold to customers before taxes are paid on the goods, it is seen as illicit trade. While companies have longin South African Crime Quarterly found it mostly involves legitimate local manufacturers who dodge taxes while still producing branded cigarettes.. Even if it’s not going to make it any worse or less,” says Ayo-Yusuf.
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