New smoke signals: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?

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What happens when BigTobacco and Instagram collide? Find out via Bhekisisa_MG.

to include a section on social media that says celebrities must publicly disclose when they have been paid to promote a product, or sponsored to attend an event by using hashtags such as #ad or #sponsored. This includes instances in which influencers are given goods and services – such as plane tickets – in exchange for media coverage.

“So, with self-regulation, when you see a problem you address it — you consult with the stakeholders and you draft a solution.” It's not just cigarettes. Tobacco companies are also punting their new products such as e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn products online. South Africa was slated to be a part of the mammoth inquiry, says Tobacco-Free Kids country representative Zanele Mthembu, however Fees Must Fall protests for free higher education interrupted the research.Eastern Cape lifestyle vlogger and Instagrammer Aluve Nguza in January tweeted about a tobacco job for influencers. She has more than 10 300 twitter followers.

Both Henry and Moloto say their companies only use social media in a way that complies with local local laws and tobacco regulations.Last strike: Tobacco companies paid influencers to post secret cigarette advertisements to their followers, an international investigation found. A leaked contract, which Bhekisisa has seen, reveals a Johannesburg-based company paid influencers to go to social events armed with boxes of British American Tobacco brands, including Peter Stuyvesant and Pall Mall.

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