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ANTI TOBACCO

Fita brings in its own medical experts to challenge ban on cigarette sales

No short-term benefit to quitting and no proof of freeing up of hospital beds The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has attached two reports from medical professionals showing that banning the sale of tobacco products and…

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way – a survey has found that one in four smokers are defying the ban on tobacco sales.Image: REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
CIGARETTES

Cigarette ban ‘a big failure in every way’, says report

Economists behind an extensive survey of smokers say the lockdown ban on cigarette sales has been a spectacular failure and should be lifted as soon as possible. More than 90% of the 12,000-plus smokers who completed an online…

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BREIDBACH

Health survey for King area

HIV/Aids to be main focus THE Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has put together a team of three trained field workers, dressed in HSRC bibs and carrying identification cards, and started with a five-day survey in the King William’s…

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