Tax justice SA demands cigarette ban be lifted

The organisation cited the police’s reports of increased incidents of looting as well as the presence of illicit cigarette stashes as evidence that the ban is not working.

While the South African Police Service has been proudly patting themselves on the back for successfully confiscating cigarettes across the country during the lockdown period, they have been faced with criticism from all sectors of society. Among their most vocal critics is civil society organisation Tax Justice South Africa who issued a statement on Tuesday stating that “the lockdown ban on cigarettes is backfiring badly and endangering [the] millions of South Africans it is supposed to protect”.

As a result, the organisation has called for an urgent lifting of the ban, according to its founder Yusuf Abramjee. “The ban is dangerous in so many ways: it is encouraging movement, encouraging looting, impoverishing people who are paying sky-high prices and impoverishing the country when it needs the money most.Abramjee also believes that the country’s 11 million smokers could potentially be spreading Covid-19 unnecessarily as they are forced to travel in search of the cigarettes they can’t buy in the stores they normally visit to stock up on food.

Ignorant incompetent hat wearing idiot in charge thanks to the useless corrupt ANC . The Zupta faction is working behind the scenes to use this crisis to further their agenda. They will try and recall Ramaphosa.

No ban it in totality. Tax justice can start looking for money by watching the non tax payers in parliament

No ways. Once agreed, we are all going back to our businesses. Everything must be lifted then

the. Cigarette. Smoke. Spread. The virus. Via. The out blowing smoke from humans mouth.

Yes please it needs to be uplifted

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