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

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

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

Adults must make free choices about their lives and parents and communities are responsible for providing guidance and supervision for

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

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

But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health

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