ISS researcher Richard Chelin says before the lockdown SARS estimated the loss, through illegal cigarette trade, at about R6 billion per year.
"Now, during the lockdown, the illicit trade has increased. The ban has increased the capacity to address that issue." "Are they winning? Yes, they are making arrests. They are confiscating. They are doing the right things. They are making progress, but to say they are winning the fight is still to be seen."Judgment was reserved in British American Tobacco's court challenge of the ban on the sale of tobacco products.
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