Market flooded with illegal cigarettes after lockdown smoke ban

Three months after the controversial ban on tobacco sales was lifted, the local industry is still struggling to compete with the glut of illicit products on the market. Last week, the Western Cape High Court upheld British American Tobacco SA’s challenge to the ban and declared it to have been unconstitutional and invalid. But it might be too little, too late. The ban was instituted with the national lockdown back in March and spanned five months before it was finally lifted in August.

The ban was instituted with the national lockdown back in March and spanned five months before it was finally lifted in August. “The five-month ban on tobacco and vapour products sales was ill-considered, unlawful and has worsened the illicit trade in cigarettes and vapour products in the country,” it said in the statement.FITA launched its own legal challenge to the ban in the North Gauteng High Court earlier this year but was unsuccessful.

“We’re seeing the effects of an inability to trade for five months now even more so than during the ban,” he said, “We know illicit trade was rife prior to the lockdown. But now it’s even bigger in terms of the participation and privilege those operating in that space are enjoying in the market”.

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