Yusuf Abramjee: New Tobacco Laws Are a Gift for Gangsters

August 23, 2023 by businesslive.co.za

Yusuf Abramjee: New Tobacco Laws Are a Gift for Gangsters

The latest tobacco control bill offers no mention of — let alone a solution to — the rampant illicit trade that accounts for almost three-quarters of all cigarette sales in SA today.

Therefore, if enacted, the bill will have no effect on tobacco "control" other than to push the market further under the control of the kingpins in organised crime.

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