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Similarly, South Africa reports the incidence of illicit cigarettes has doubled the past 3 years, accounting for 25% of the total market in 2012. [6] Public tolerance and acceptance of illegal cigarettes as a norm also factors into the continued purchase behavior among consumers, as they believe legitimate cigarettes are over-taxed and too ...
According to the latest South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2012 only about 16.4% of South Africans smoked which is a substantial drop from 32% in 1993. [4] This decrease is attributed to legislation which led to restrictions in advertisement, and an increase tobacco prices.
The cigarette-tax study authors add that because their tax rates drive people to purchase their smokes from illicit dealers, high-tax states suffered a revenue hit in 2022 of more than $5 billion.
[30] [24] However, a more recent study by the University of Cape Town estimated that the company holds between 1-4% of the market share in South Africa and that about 78% of the company's cigarettes sold in South Africa are illegal. [25] Local media have reported that PCC was suspected of involvement in cigarette trafficking.
In the latest wave of panic-buying triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African smokers on Tuesday snapped up all the cigarettes they could lay their hands on after the lifting of a five ...
Last month alone, officers recovered 239,280 cigarettes, 8,856 packs of tobacco and 3,397 vapes. A single operation targeting a major distributer found illegal products worth approximately £100,000.
South Africa, which allegedly has the biggest illegal tobacco trade in the world, [551] [552] became a signatory to the WHO protocol against tobacco smuggling in 2013. [553] Some 30% to 60% [554] of cigarettes in South Africa are smuggled (compared to 10% internationally), which deprives the country of some R8 [555] to R12 billion in annual ...
Cigarette makers like Altria and British American Tobacco have lost substantial U.S. sales to e-cigarettes that are being illegally marketed without FDA authorisation, including illegal disposable ...