Like it or not, smokers will smoke; be it cigarettes, cigars, weed, e-cigs or vapes: someone who wants to smoke will find a way to smoke.
Proposed legislation such as the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill (the Tobacco Bill) will accomplish little to improve public health, or to curb smoking.
Rather, these in vain attempts to control the habits of otherwise law-abiding South Africans will accomplish little other than potentially devastating the economy.
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