Alcohol and tobacco are an entrapment of the poor and vulnerable in particular, who are the biggest consumers, writes Modidima Mannya
Those questioning government’s motives for restrictions on the sale of tobacco and alcohol have challenged it.READ: The suggestion now is that the act must either not be used or be used to keep citizens in their homes, restrict movement and provide much-needed interventions, but must not interfere with the sale of alcohol and tobacco products.
We keep being reminded of the revenue the state is losing from the absence of alcohol and tobacco trading, as if that supposed revenue meant anything in the bigger scheme of things. We are not told that the government carries ten times the cost of the consequences of alcohol and tobacco consumptionCasualty sections of hospitals have been the epicentre of activity arising from alcohol consumption.Tobacco is another major contributor to poor health.
Those who make a profit do not need to agree with the rationale; they are not in law required to do so.
I’ve smoked for over 40 and I’m not about to let some snot nosed youngster OR politician tell me to stop. Go find someone else to bother.
I did. Not see any explanation.on this article. The reason he is forwarding has always been there. How does Banning of cigarettes and alcohol assist in hygiene social distancing. So far they are the only known means of stopping the various from spreading.
Smoking and drinking is a personal choice, and that is a right, freedom of choice is a human right. So ModidimaMannya put that in your pipe and smoke it
stories like this see the light when 'the boss feels the PA is doing to much chatting, and nails, and the boss gets irritated'
Sy poes
Everyperson has the right to their own poison. Not the state or City press decision
I been saying that all the taxes made from alcohol go right back to paying for the effects of alcohol on society!
They are aware, but just keep a blind eye in the name of money.
How many times has it be said that people die of poisoning, synide, anthrax, listeriosis. Poisoning causes cancer, abdominal disorder, cardiac arrests. Cigarettes do not kill.We must begin to classify cancer causing substances by excluding legal cigarettes and incorporate illegal
What about the looting? Do they know how much cost it bears on us taxpayers tsek 😂🤣
you confuse consumption with abuse
People will continue to be attacked by deadly sicknesses, various crimes will still be perpetrated and accidents will still occur. Nevertheless, it can't be denied that the lockdown and the sales of tobacco and alcohols have hugely contributed to their reduction amid Covid-19.
If this is what passes as journalism these days, it's hardly a surprise that news papers are going bust. Lazy thinking here. If the author really wants to have the 'poor people's' interests at heart then all he would do is write about government corruption.
Show us the figures to back your argument. Facts are important. Opinion holds no water
The RLF demands that the Tobacco and Liquor Companies be forced to pay for all medical costs of Patients who present at the health facilities with smoking and alcohol related illnesses.
City Press actually have the gall to publish this intelligence insulting crapp - I suspect trying to save face for this ANC government.
This verity that economists may detest was an indiscernible void in political discourses on healthcare (as a constitutional right), alcoholism & tobacco (as social problems) and the selfish quest to generate revenue (as an economic dogma). Adv. Mannya stiched facts amazingly.
Illegal ciggies are costing everyone rich and small more moola and good health. Doess that sound like Government is achieving anything stated in this article by taking away people's freedom of choice and forcing them to support and thus fund criminal activity?
Would have made some sense had the illegal ciggies not been so easily and readily available. So, instead of smoking normal cigarettes at normal prices, people rich and the poorest amongst us, are forced to smoke illegal ciggies which I believe do more harm than good.
Smokers are still smoking
Tell them South African smokers and boozers, and you will be their no. 2 enemy (after the minister of COGTA).
So ban sugars, ban fatty foods, ban all junk foods, etc = no more obesity, no more diabetes, no more heart failures, no more cholesterol, no more trans fats, no more strokes and the other endless lists - government saves even more ... why not just ban living
Well said ☝️
Don’t try to justify bullshit with bullshit
So the ban was to help the poor of the country...really...I still see people crying for help 7 weeks later.. so how was this ban in aid to help them...please report news worth reporting
Uyannya vele like his surname suggests!
The trade off is negative on the government aide but the sheer job creation drive commensurate sustainable development relative to complementary industries.
How? Hospitals are empty in face of a so called “pandemic”
At least the smokers pay those taxes to help govt pay for their illness. Now the smokers are STILL SMOKING...so will still fall ill...but contributed ZERO to the fiscus in 2 months. Dumb.
I've lent to c that smokers are violent and abusive
Zuptas are coining it.
utter crap! The loss of REVENUE AND TAXES is far greater... especially to an already BELOW-JUNK STATUS Economy. Crime due to alcohol and tobacco will always be there. Was pre-covid, is during lock-down & will be post-covid! THERE IS NO COMPARISON !
Voetsek
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