New laws threaten to shut down one of the oldest businesses in South Africa

[BusinessTech]

New laws threaten to shut down one of the oldest businesses in South Africa

New smoking laws coming to South Africa threaten to shut down specialist shops.

 

[HunterNW]

Fcking p0es anc can't even get the basics right BUT they fck around with stupid laws. Bunch of fcking retards.
RETARDS - Motherfuckers.

 

[MikeaMatrix]

A ban in all but name

 

[Nerfherder]

How sad is it that the oldest surviving business in SA is a Tobacconist.

Perhaps they can pivot to selling some of that whine :

Specifically, the new tobacco bill will ban the display of all tobacco products, including products such as e-cigarettes, vapes and heat-not-burn products, at a retail level, even in specialist tobacco stores.

Under the proposed laws, no form of advertising for tobacco products can exist. While this has been the case in media and sponsorships for several years already, the new bill kicks this up a notch.

When enacted, no tobacco products can be visible at the point of sale, and retailers and wholesalers – with a few exceptions – may only present the products upon request by a customer.

The laws would also empower the minister to determine the exact packaging for tobacco products, including the materials used and the typeface and images on display.

meh

 

[gregmcc]

The laws would also empower the minister to determine the exact packaging for tobacco products, including the materials used and the typeface and images on display.

This is not going to end well

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

The laws would also empower the minister to determine the exact packaging for tobacco products, including the materials used and the typeface and images on display.

 

[ShaunSA]

Good. If people stopped smoking imagine how many hospital beds will be freed for those who really need it

And we'd be rid of that stinky smoke you have to walk through every time you enter or exit a building

 

[ToxicBunny]

NDZ finally will get her way, and her son will have a great ongoing revenue stream now.

 

[konfab]

How sad is it that the oldest surviving business in SA is a Tobacconist.

Perhaps they can pivot to selling some of that whine :




meh

It is one of the oldest, not the oldest.
The wine estates here are about a 100 years before this business (still impressive tho)

 

[backstreetboy]

Should've moved with the times and moved on to selling vape kits.

 

[LetsDance]

Fcking p0es anc can't even get the basics right BUT they fck around with stupid laws. Bunch of fcking retards.
RETARDS - Motherfuckers.

Agreed - always go for the lowest hanging fruit that involves no work and no foresight.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Should've moved with the times and moved on to selling vape kits.

Do you struggle to read?

 

[backstreetboy]

Do you struggle to read?

No not at all I can read the writing on the wall.

 

[ToxicBunny]

No not at all I can read the writing on the wall.

Ok, yeah you clearly do struggle with basic comprehension.

Vape kits, etc will be treated the same as tobacco products and may not be displayed/advertised etc.

 

[Pitbull]

Smokers in general will get their fix, legal or illegal. This was proven during lockdown. So these laws do nothing but hurt the legal trade. Viva ANC viva!

 

[ToxicBunny]

Smokers in general will never get their fix, legal or illegal. This was proven during lockdown. So these laws do nothing but hurt the legal trade. Viva ANC viva!

I think if they make it hard enough, some smokers will eventually quit and the number will climb and eventually the social acceptance of smoking will fall away... but that is a decades long process and the illegal market will florish and make a bucket of money in that period.

I honestly think New Zealands approach is probably the most logical and sensible way to do it. Don't impact existing smokers but do whatever you can to deter new smokers, and just shift that up as people get older.

 

[backstreetboy]

Ok, yeah you clearly do struggle with basic comprehension.

Vape kits, etc will be treated the same as tobacco products and may not be displayed/advertised etc.

You can still sell them. A vape kit is not something you have to test drive before buying.

 

[ToxicBunny]

You can still sell them. A vape kit is not something you have to test drive before buying.

You can still sell normal smokes.

 

[backstreetboy]

You can still sell normal smokes.

The world moved on a decade ago already.

 

[rvZA]

Who cares about businesses, money, wealth, food, capitalism? In order to establish the new world order, capitalism has to collapse, which means all businesses needs to go bust too.