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Big Tobacco

Three tricks Big Tobacco uses to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law

Maverick Citizen

Three tricks Big Tobacco uses to stop SA’s anti-smoking Bill from becoming law

By Christina Pitt

Corporations and communities - is Big Tobacco using child and forced labour in Malawi?

Africa

Corporations and communities - is Big Tobacco using child and forced labour in Malawi?

By Ed Stoddard

I’m a smoker, and I want stricter tobacco control

Op-eds

I’m a smoker, and I want stricter tobacco control

By Koketso Moeti

Does SA’s new Tobacco Bill have enough horsepower to thwart Formula 1 races on TV?

South Africa

Does SA’s new Tobacco Bill have enough horsepower to thwart Formula 1 races on TV?

By Christina Pitt

What’s behind the Big Tobacco job cuts? A guide to SA’s illegal tobacco trade after Covid

South Africa

What’s behind the Big Tobacco job cuts? A guide to SA’s illegal tobacco trade after Covid

By Christina Pitt and Joan van Dyk

The oldest trick in big tobacco’s playbook nearly derailed SA’s TB conference - here’s why

South Africa

The oldest trick in big tobacco’s playbook nearly derailed SA’s TB conference - here’s why

By Joan van Dyk for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

Trade in illicit cigarettes on the way to being stubbed out

South Africa

Trade in illicit cigarettes on the way to being stubbed out

By Corné van Walbeek, Kirsten van der Zee and Nicole Vellios

Big Tobacco uses dirty tricks to contest draft bill

South Africa

Big Tobacco uses dirty tricks to contest draft bill

By Catherine O Egbe and Savera Kalideen for Health-e