Tobacco legislation gets teeth

Cape Town - The Tobacco Products Control discount cigarettes Amendment Bill which will be published in the Government Gazette on Friday brings South Africa into line with new international conventions, strengthens tobacco control and promotes health, says the National Council Against Smoking dute free cigarettes.

The council said the Bill contained many vital public health provisions cheap cigarettes.

It would help to communicate understandable information to the public with picture health warnings on packs communicating the dangers of smoking in a realistic way discount cigarettes.

The council said the Bill also gives teeth to the current restrictions on smoking in public places cigarettes.

"Restaurants and bars may have disregarded cigarettes a puny R200 fine but will have to take a R20 000 fine more seriously," the council said cheap cigarettes.

The council's executive director Dr Yussuf Saloojee said there could be no doubt that high penalties would be a deterrent and ensure greater levels of compliance with the law discount cigarettes.

"This is necessary particularly in the hospitality and entertainment industries where we see the lowest levels of compliance with the tobacco laws," Saloojee said cigarettes online.

"This is a business sector where cigarettes online clients and staff need greater protection. cigarettes"

Saloojee said the tobacco industry had bypassed the prohibition on tobacco advertising and had continued to glamourise cigarettes by sponsoring parties and social events for young students cheap cigarettes discount.

This was a violation cigarettes of the spirit and purpose of the 1999 Tobacco Act cheap cigarettes discount.

Saloojee said the Bill would make it more difficult for the industry to addict the next generation buy cigarettes.

A month has been set aside for public comment discount cigarettes before the amendment is submitted to parliament for approval. - Sapa