Do you think cigarette sales should be allowed?

[dualmeister]

Yes. And I've never smoked.
Treating adults like children just pisses me off.

 

[W.Salie]

No, this is a great time to stop smoking. For most its a bad habit so stop and start looking at a healthy life

 

[My Dog Charlie]

Yes, the sale must be open again, but unfortuneately the 'Black' market has taken over. The same happened with the taxi industry, government too lazy to get the public transport services sorted out, thus allow for the rag tag and bobtail taxi business. We as a nation have lost the daily tax returns of R35m. Its going to take some mighty fancy marketing to get the market back into the tax revenue stream. Booze is going the same way, its an ANC protection racket for the few upper members of that political party to take the business away from the established LEGAL routes.

 

[NuttyNige]

More sharing now, than before it was restricted, yet another Government Failure!!

 

[LJ7]

I quit smoking more than 10 years ago and won't go back but this ban is idiotic. Only way it makes any sense is if some ministers are getting their pockets lined nicely from kickbacks for the illicit cigarette trade industry booming.

 

[IkilledSpongebob]

YES - and I don't smoke. Detest it.
Tobacco ban has turned into a farce of note.
I mean the illegal trade it's being exported/imported inside tankers. Every spaza shop sells them on the sly.
Loss of billions in tax revenue - Covid grants don't grow on trees.
Evidence is emerging that tobacco (nicotine) has something of a protective effect - I don't think this is "big tobacco" misinformation but that data has to be looked into.

 

[Traceys]

Hell Yes

 

[fredeb]

Yes , un-ban cigarette selling .

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

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[HunterNW]

62 x NO = 62 x A$$holes.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Ja fok julle ook

 

[carolbyett]

I'm not a smoker but even I see what harm this is doing to our economy.
Black market guys are smiling all the way to the bank!

 

[cANCer Hater]

I don’t smoke, but it’s more about human rights. We know it’s a blatant Zuma related corruption business. They don’t care about the excuse they’re losing out on as long as they line their own greedy pockets. B A T need to get tough with them.

 

[Krayfish]

The ban has caused a loss of 4 billion Rand in taxes thus far. That is R35 million per day. That is the contribution of smokers alone.

Now imagine what that could have funded by now.

The ban on selling cigarettes is a blatant lie. Nothing else.

 

[TonytheNoble1]

I feel for my smoker friends, this has to be the worst restriction in the world, with no logical reason other than the minister is anti-smoking.

PS. I am a non-smoker.

 

[Vality]

Do you think cigarette sales should be allowed?

Yes.. I don't smoke but the govt had no right to ban them. It's ridiculous. Govt is losing tax which could have been used to help the economy during this time.

 

[erasmus1]

Definite NO!!! There are numerous more ways to commit suicide.

 

[Snyper564]

Definite NO!!! There are numerous more ways to commit suicide.

yes like killing the economy first... you clearly dont understand how much revenue the country is losing...

 

[Surely Not]

Still no real clue as to why they were banned in the first place.

That’s because there was no real reason for banning it in the first place.

 

[Surely Not]

The ban has caused a loss of 4 billion Rand in taxes thus far. That is R35 million per day. That is the contribution of smokers alone.

Now imagine what that could have funded by now.

The ban on selling cigarettes is a blatant lie. Nothing else.

*Imagining* Oh yes, a few Nkaaaaandlaaa’s. Probably has anyway.