New vaping rules and taxes planned for South Africa

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The National Treasury has published a discussion paper outlining a proposal on the taxation of electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).

This follows signals from the government in its previous two budget speeches that it plans to start taxing these two products.

Treasury said that while the market for ENDS is still at its infancy in many developing countries like South Africa, it is expected to grow. In other markets, the growth in the consumption of these products has been observed among the youth and has raised concerns on its impact on youth initiation of smoking and tobacco use, it said.

“Similarly, other governments around the world have started a process of regulating the consumption and use of ENDS through tax and non-tax measures.” NKC African Economics’ Cobus de Hart who led the study, said his team used data on procurement, tax, human resources and finances from a survey of vapour industry participants in South Africa.

 

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Vaping is NOT better/healthier than smoking. Fact and Full stop.

That's a misapplication of tax, it already has vat on it. They'll tax us to eat our own food soon. Or smell perfume.

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