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A New York state investigation had found companies were marketing "highly addictive, candy- and fruit-flavored nicotine products to underage consumers.
The Italian city of Milan on Wednesday began enforcing strict limits on smoking tobacco products to improve health outcomes and municipal air quality.
Renowned Durban Vascular Surgeon Dr Vinesh Padayachy has seen first-hand the the damage tobacco causes on the human body through his fight against a critical yet often overlooked health issue—Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD).
Leveraging the latest innovations and technological breakthroughs combined with regulation is crucial to safeguarding all citizens.
Government said that it has proposed an increase on excise duties on alcoholic beverages by between 6. 7 and 7. 2% for 2024/25.
Adults who would otherwise continue smoking now have a range of feasible options to help them leave cigarettes behind
British American Tobacco, which sold 555 billion cigarettes last year, is now working towards a society where smokers migrate from cigarettes to smokeless alternatives.
After receiving €32 million in dividends from British American Tobacco (BAT) for the quarter to the end of December, Reinet invested €6m into its businesses, leaving its net asset value (NAV) per share marginally lower at €31. 5 compared with €31. 8 a year earlier.
With the Portfolio Committee on Health set to resume its public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, Eastern Cape will be given a chance to have their say.
South Africa suffers losses of around R100 billion a year due to illicit trade and counterfeiting.
Growing support for tobacco harm reduction strategies and the impact on public health is growing amongst many nations.
Public hearings were held in Gauteng last week where the majority of those in attendance rejected the bill.
The operations were executed in Kimberley, Kuruman, and Prieska.
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) estimates that illicit trade costs the South African economy R100 billion annually.
The illicit cigarettes were en route to a warehouse in Montague Gardens.
The research found that 35 991 tobacco industry jobs had already been lost between 2019 and last year, primarily due to the rapid growth of the illicit sector, which it said now made up 63% of cigarette sales.
Marshall Masiya, 32, and Oswald Raisi, 27, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them.
Tobacco farmers opposed the Tobacco Bill at the public hearing in Rustenburg, stating that the bill will open up the illicit market of tobacco products.
A large number of people filed into the Rustenburg Civic Centre to participate in the Tobacco Bill public hearing.
Hopefully a new generation will discover Sinead O’Connor's haunting Nothing Compares 2 U, after the troubled singer's death this week.
Smokers who develop abdominal aortic aneurysms are likely to have larger aneurysms and are at a greater risk of rupturing than non-smokers.
A renowned scientist from the US, Dr Gizelle Baker has a sit down with IOL to discuss the importance of more women entering into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sector.
New Zealand authorities have passed a historic anti-smoking bill in Parliament on Tuesday, ultimately banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009.
The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, said the new tobacco bill was an important step towards improving the health of South Africans, as more than 25 000 tobacco-related deaths occurred each year.
A decorated police officer has been sentenced in the Mitchells Plain Regional Court to six years in prison for transporting illicit cigarettes from Johannesburg to Cape Town.