Parliament’s legal missteps erode public trust
As MPs continuously disregard public participation, they not only undermine their own credibility, but also risk clogging an overwhelmed judicial system
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Prohibition is a hard habit to break
The proposed Tobacco Bill will affect businesses, employment, the economy, public health and individual freedoms
Over Half of Participants in 12-Week Vaping Trial Quit Smoking
Well over half of the participants in a three-month trial in which smokers tried vaping as a way of either stopping or reducing smoking successfully gave up cigarettes. Of those who continued to smoke while also vaping, 79% reduced their cigarette consumption.
An Open Letter: SA smokers looking to quit will suffer if Parliament passes baseless regulations
The Bill rightly aims to reduce the incidence of tobacco-related illness, disability and death. Surely the regulations, and those arguing for their enforcement, should draw on all available research and consider the local context if South Africa’s smokers are to truly be helped?
Vaping reaches record levels in Great Britain
In the ‘vaping revolution,’ an estimated 4.3 million people use e-cigarettes, up from around 800,000 a decade ago.
Social Experiment – The Pilot
With all participants managing to quit smoking cigarettes, the social experiment proved that vaping has the potential to be a viable tool for smoking cessation. What all this demonstrates to us as VSML, is that vaping is not the same as traditional smoking and shouldn’t be treated the same in policies and legislation.