Govt was wrong to ban tobacco products during lockdown, SCA confirms - News24

"There was no scientific justification for the continued ban on the sale of tobacco products: there is no evidence that short-term quitting has clinical significance for Covid-19 severity and outcomes," the court ruled.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein has confirmed a lower court's ruling that government was wrong to ban the sale of cigarettes at the start of the nationwide "hard" lockdown in March … [+1404 chars]

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