What struck the compilers of the survey was how many people had stopped or reduced their smoking intake. Almost half of smokers said they had not smoked during the national lockdown, while 52% said they had not attempted to buy illicit cigarettes.Of the 2 013 smokers, 767 said they smoked one to three times a day while 592 said they smoked more than five cigarettes a day before the lockdown.
Only 187 said they smoked more than five cigarettes a day, while 678 said they now only smoked one to three times a day. More than 950 said they had not smoked since the lockdown started in March. “When asked for their reasons for quitting, health considerations featured very prominently in the responses,” said Georgie Midgley, the chief executive of M4Jam.
“While some smokers are feeling the pinch of economic difficulty and electing to ride out the lockdown without cigarettes, many others seem to have used the time to reflect on the positive health benefits of giving up smoking,” Midgley said, adding that this temporary decline in smokers would only be fully noted once the legal sale of tobacco products resumed.The survey also noted that 64% of respondents said they would go back to buying their regular brands when it’s legal to do so.
M4Jam said the survey was a “demographically representative sample of 2 013 South Africans who are signed up with the platform and are smokers”.
we really dont care about smokers bathong, who cares what they do with their lives
How is it that these brands are available but the BAT brands are not
True
And ridiculously expensive 😊
Savannah? 😂😂😂😂
I am a smoker, what I put in my body is my business . ANC you want to dictate to me, I say screw you. You won't get my vote. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Jah Rastafari.
We smoke zol
What is the difference between rg and Remington gold 🤔
Abramjee This name black market doesn't sit well with me, like black head, black sheep of the family.
Y not quitting smoking if it danger your life and save money and your life then if not let them die
Anyone selling Raw flavors Tap in
Abramjee These rezlazs have fake now we want an upgrade... 😤
So senzeni thina?
So why it is cold black market. So it means does cigarette is for black people or what?
I don't know if it was harmful to health as much as finances 😂
Aren't RG and Sharp available even when we aren't locked down? I know them!
Nina sanu funa usi force nge Cuba ne survey zenu apha
What is the difference between Rg and Remington gold😀
Nicotine has them by the balls that's why they can't quit, Addicts.
Abramjee That's nonsense. The cheap cigarettes are sometimes preferred, it's all about price.
Abramjee They are selling in all Streets of JHB as I speak
Abramjee So the white market sell good cigarettes?
Abramjee CyrilRamaphosa . Where there is a will there is a way. Again only people benefiting is Zuma family and other illicit companies
Can someone school me here,these black market ciggarates are smoked in countries they come from,how are they harmful? Help please
Abramjee This is government owned propaganda please look beyond this
Abramjee Salute these guys, they keep us alive while the gov are sending others to their graves. To hell with BATSA,NDZ and Ramapoesa
Then they must stop smoking their life. Simple or it’s a justification to sell tobacco by this white newspaper?
That's Ruperts study reported by stratcom journalists
How DlaminiZuma and goons fighting to keep their knees on citizens neck killing small businesses and killing citizens civil rights to choose
Then why not quit smoking. That’s the best option
How many smokers took part in the survey?
Some of us we zol
So?
Why is it called black market?
Why is it difficult to quit...?
To me it doesn't make any difference, a smoke it's a smoke, irrespective of brand, the satisfaction is on... Black Market will ever operate
I think RG and Remington Gold is the same thing Sharp is 70 %
zol
I’m no longer smoking thanks to this “ban “
So the non black market cigarrates are less harmful
Iphi iCeasar...?