Tag: PublicHealthPolicy
Packaging and vaping – tobacco bill regulation changes
It has been widely reported that the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill (the Tobacco Bill) aims to tighten regulations on smoking and vaping. Specifically, the bill seeks to introduce plain packaging. This refers to standardised packaging without branding, including logos and trademarks, and directly affects packaging and vaping controls.
Cigarette packaging – a marketing tool or a regulatory instrument?
Over the last several decades, governments worldwide have pushed strongly to regulate tobacco and tobacco products. Their goal is to reduce tobacco consumption. These efforts increasingly focus on stricter rules for cigarette packaging and related marketing practices. Beyond standardised packaging, governments now introduce complementary policies.
Killing freedom of choice – will vaping be extinguished?
If you are a vaper in South Africa, you need to understand what is about to happen. Within months, the government’s new Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill will pass through Parliament. When it does, vaping in this country will be finished.
