UCT academic Corné van Walbeek accused all South African cigarette makers of breaching the contested prohibition on tobacco sales imposed by the government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. CigaretteBan LockDownSouthAfrica
Cape Town - University of Cape Town academic Corné van Walbeek on Thursday accused all South African cigarette makers of breaching the contested prohibition on tobacco sales imposed by the government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Of course the tobacco industry is going to say something to the effect of 'these have been counterfeited'. That is typically rubbish, there is relatively little counterfeit trade in South Africa, at least before lockdown, and there is nothing to suggest that there is going to be significant counterfeit during lockdown."
He has called for the prohibition to be lifted because it has proven woefully ineffective in curbing smoking. The unit's findings have been cited by the tobacco industry in two separate court challenges to support their arguments that the prohibition fails the legal tests of rationality and necessity.
Fita was the first tobacco group to launch a court bid to overturn the ban. It was unsuccessful in the North Gauteng High Court and is seeking leave to appeal the judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal. British American Tobacco South Africa , the country's biggest cigarette maker, challenged the ban in the Western Cape High Court where judgment was reserved last week.
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