Three tricks Big Tobacco is using to stop SA's anti-smoking Bill from becoming law
On Wednesday, Parliament 's newly appointed portfolio committee on health sat to discuss South Africa's proposed new Tobacco Bill for the first time since the government of national unity was formed.
It seems South Africa's long-awaited new anti-tobacco legislation is set to go nowhere slowly - again. when then-Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi asked people to comment on proposed new laws that would ban vaping in public spaces and rule that tobacco products like cigarettes and vapes must be sold in plain-looking packaging, as will be decided by the minister.
In 2020, the foundation claimed that findings from a study among teens in the United States which showed that fruity, chocolate or mint flavours rank third in the list of reasons for kids enjoying vaping, as evidence that flavours are not what gets people hooked.
On top of that Reep called them out for using leading questions, which, simply in the way they were phrased, could show an opinion that would fit their narrative.
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