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POLICY GAP: SA’s double defeat — smoking up, vaping left unchecked
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South Africa is experiencing rising smoking rates and high nicotine dependence among teenagers despite global efforts to reduce tobacco use, highlighting a policy gap in regulating smoking and vaping.
POLICY GAP: SA’s double defeat — smoking up, vaping left unchecked
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day on May 31, South Africa continues to buck the global trend as the number of smokers increases and as many as two-thirds of high school learners may already be seriously dependent on nicotine.
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