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Smokers can puff and vape from next week, after a ban on the industry of five months.Image: Reuters
ALCOHOL BAN LIFTED

Restaurant Association of SA cheers while hurt tobacco industry is wary

The tobacco industry has cautiously welcomed the announcement that cigarettes can be sold from Tuesday, but the ban on trade for five months has left it reeling. The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita), which primarily…

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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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