Strict new smoking laws for South Africa will soon be tabled before the National Assembly, where the Department of Health wants to tighten its control on where smokers can light up, and better regulate the emerging vaping sector.
Broadly, the draft laws cast a wide net to create zero-smoking spaces in public areas while also banning indoor smoking – including in private households where children are present. They also include tighter controls over the packaging and marketing of tobacco products.
However, she noted that marketing will definitely be covered, as will the nicotine content of vaping products, which is also a “major problem”. She said that she welcomes government regulation, as this helps protect consumers, but criticised the planned laws as overstepping and lacking input from the industry.
“The tobacco industry is more regulated than any other – especially compared to alcohol and cannabis, which is coming up,” said Mnguni. As soon as the public knows that smoking in a house with children in it is against the law or that smoking in a smoke-free public space is happening, violators are more likely to be reported.
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