nids-cram survey
Tobacco sales: smoked out
SA’s tobacco sales ban has reduced smoking prevalence in the country — but it has also probably fired up the illicit market
17 February 2021 - 10:00
Between March 27 and August 17, the government banned the sale of tobacco products in SA. It’s a move that has had some positive long-term health consequences — but it has also come at a very high economic cost. For one, the sales ban didn’t prevent many smokers from purchasing cigarettes on the illicit market.
These are some of the findings from wave 3 of the Nids-Cram survey, conducted among a broadly representative sample of South Africans in November and December 2020. The survey focused on cigarette smoking; the use of other tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices was not included...
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