JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday led a virtual meeting to commemorate World No Tobacco Day.Government cited health-related issues for the ban, saying those who smoke are more susceptible to being severely affected should they contract the coronavirus.
Human Science Research Council Professor Sibusiso Sifunda gave a scientific background on the use of tobacco in South Africa. “The SA DHS is telling us is common among men than women aged 25 and older. Majority of men were smoking every day and about 6% of women also reported that they were smoking every day.
While he's there, can he ask the HSRC how they got to '90% smokers can't get cigarettes' as this was another lie or the HSRC doesn't know what they are doing
BTW Anybody know who got the tender for the branded masks?
PresidencyZA I hope you had illicit tobacco trademarks s aare taking note of this. I also hope that the competition board takes note the the illicit tobacco trade inflated their prices under COVID19SouthAfrica
So lockdown has been a disaster, the backlog getting close to 100 000 the lost all control on the spread of the virus we failed to flatten the curve but let's focus on smoking...?
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