In addition, there was a three-fold increase in brands owned by or licensed to FITA-member Protobac being sold below the MCT. British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) general manager Johnny ...

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

Johannesburg - Research house Ipsos said on Tuesday that South Africa has become the first country in the world to allow an illegal cigarette brand to become a top seller, after Gold Leaf Tobacco ...

But in a South Africa where the sale of ... Smokers say they are finding fake cigarettes in sealed boxes that look exactly like legitimate brands. And those who are desperate enough are buying ...

Tax and customs legal expert, Telita Snyckers, says that South Africa’s tobacco ... the ban on the sale of tobacco products has pushed all their brands into the illicit market, which is an ...

“Despite revelations of Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation’s ... not a single arrest has been made and their brands remain widespread across South Africa,” Abramjee said. He said this was ...

South Africa’s cigarette market will be studied by organised ... which gifted the cigarette market to criminals as smokers switched to cheaper brands when their regular brands were unavailable ...

BATSA - whose brands include Dunhill, Peter Stuyvesant, Rothmans and Pall Mall - says this is due to a 40% decline in its cigarette sales since the start of the pandemic. It has long argued that ban ...

The Dunhill and Peter Stuyvesant cigarette maker said the drop in cigarette sales in South Africa was almost entirely due to the growth of the illicit cigarette trade. Sign up here. South Africa's ...