Police stubbed out rumours swirling online on Sunday evening that government had backtracked on its decision to ban the sale of cigarettes during the national lockdown.
In a short statement sent out to media, national police spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo said:"In response to posts on various social media platforms, please be advised that cigarettes and tobacco are NOT essential items." Speaking to TimesLIVE he added that he had checked against the list of essential items published under the lockdown regulations.This was in line with what ministers said at the justice, crime prevention and security cluster briefing ahead of the lockdown last week.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize - in a statement on Friday announcing that an 81-year-old at an old age home in KwaZulu-Natal had contracted Covid-19 - said some of the groups most vulnerable to the virus had respiratory illnesses. He said the"elderly population" was vulnerable, as were those with underlying diseases such as with HIV , chronic lung diseases, auto immune diseases of any kind, chronic kidney disease, cancer or diabetes.“We encourage smokers to quit smoking and for those who drink alcohol, to do so moderately,” he added.
Lot of spaza shops, that are open in the location, are still selling them
Abramjee Especially if you're being Chinafied
Abramjee Remove cigarets from essential goods & also remove Sweets, Coffee & Tea Coffee is addictive & has no scientific proven nutritional value White bread also not essential. The list is endless LockdownSA CoronaLessons
I wish they could ban porn they way they ban these other things. I addicted to that shit and would love to be forced to recover from it. For the guys who smoke who always wanted to quit the habbit, now it the best time to quit. Times like these only come once in a 100 years.
Abramjee Illicit cigarettes will dominate the market during the lockdown if this is not amended. Luckily nna I bought 20 packets of smokes on the 25th.
Umntu uzonqanqatheka ade abhubhe
No alcohol and no cigarettes... Imagine the stress levels in some homes
Mapodisenyana ba ga ba itse pelo ya kwae ne
So.. I probably can buy hand lotion, paper towels and magazines, but cigarettes.. Never because it is a risk.... Hate to tell everyone, but everything in life has risk...
Sod off!! Going cold turkey isn't for everyone.
I'm actually using the lockdown as an opportunity to quit... so 3days in and so far so good + My quarantine game is solid.
Kodwa Somandla, senzeni Na? Forced rehabilitation......
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