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As Parliament continues to discuss the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the need for a multitude of vape flavours, immeasurable harm is befalling our children. Photo: Rainier Ridao/Unsplash

Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to it

It’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Vaping among young people has reached an all-time high,

New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda

Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population

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New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly products.

Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan

New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc

5 min read
Claims about e-cigarettes are simply a smokescreen. Photo: Reuters/David Mercado

The lies behind the e-cigarette industry’s claims about reducing smoking

Measures must be taken to ensure that consumers and policymakers are not misled by industry-funded pseudo-science

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Public-facing SAPS communication has, for years, referenced social media as a tool in policing and service delivery. File Photo

Why do health warnings exclude bottled water and social media?

Since Homo sapiens became a thing about 300 000 years ago, we have never breathed more carbon dioxide, absorbed more industrial toxins or processed more privatised propaganda

  • Eyaaz
7 min read