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Nov 19, 2024 | 
modernghana.com | Corné van Walbeek |Tim Evans
Environmental, social and governance investing, also known as impact or socially responsible investing, has become a popular concept. It's based on awareness of the impact that firms have on the environment and on human wellbeing. Socially responsible investing recognises that these factors increasingly influence financial performance and thus investor returns. Companies in the tobacco industry have some of the most serious impacts on wellbeing.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Corné van Walbeek
MethodsThis paper is based on the South African E-cigarette Survey 2022 (SAES), a telephone survey conducted between January 2022 and September 2022.13 The survey was designed to be representative of adults (18 years and older) living in urban South Africa. The survey was designed with a target quota of 1250 completed interviews by people who used ENDS at the time of the interview or had done so in the past.
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May 24, 2024 | 
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Corné van Walbeek
MethodsThis paper is based on the South African E-cigarette Survey 2022 (SAES), a telephone survey conducted between January 2022 and September 2022.13 The survey was designed to be representative of adults (18 years and older) living in urban South Africa. The survey was designed with a target quota of 1250 completed interviews by people who used ENDS at the time of the interview or had done so in the past.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
businesslive.co.za | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
When smokers buy cigarettes they are faced with a large selection of brands, with prices ranging from less than R20 a pack to more than R50. There is no obvious difference in quality. The excise tax on cigarettes is R21.77 a pack. If one accounts for manufacturing costs, profits, wholesale and retail margins and VAT, any pack that is sold for less than R32 is most likely illegal (tax evaded). Do smokers buy cheap cigarettes, knowing they are illegal?
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
bmjopen.bmj.com | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
We used a gap analysis approach to estimate the number of illicit cigarettes in the market. This approach has been described in detail elsewhere,14 22 and is only briefly explained here. Illicit trade is measured as the gap between self-reported cigarette consumption and tax-paid cigarette sales.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Corné van Walbeek |Hana Ross
DiscussionImplementing an effective T&T policy represents a public health win, since T&T is expected to reduce illicit and total consumption, at no additional net cost to government. If the government can secure a T&T system for less than the estimated R2.68–R5.24 per pack (and achieve at least a 40% T&T effectiveness), it will generate additional revenue. The estimated minimum break-even marker cost of R2.68 per pack (US$0.17) is many times higher than the actual cost of existing T&T systems.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
msn.com | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
Throughout the world, governments impose excise taxes on products like alcohol and tobacco to reduce their demand. The South African government has for the same reason. Reducing demand is necessary as there is growing evidence that vaping products are not harmless. The new vaping tax has enraged vaping lobby groups and vaping manufacturers. The vaping industry argues that e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
msn.com | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
Throughout the world, governments impose excise taxes on products like alcohol and tobacco to reduce their demand. The South African government has for the same reason. Reducing demand is necessary as there is growing evidence that vaping products are not harmless. The new vaping tax has enraged vaping lobby groups and vaping manufacturers. The vaping industry argues that e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
Throughout the world, governments impose excise taxes on products like alcohol and tobacco to reduce their demand. The South African government has for the same reason. Reducing demand is necessary as there is growing evidence that vaping products are not harmless. The new vaping tax has enraged vaping lobby groups and vaping manufacturers. The vaping industry argues that e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Nicole Vellios |Corné van Walbeek
Throughout the world, governments impose excise taxes on products like alcohol and tobacco to reduce their demand. The South African government has for the same reason. Reducing demand is necessary as there is growing evidence that vaping products are not harmless. The new vaping tax has enraged vaping lobby groups and vaping manufacturers. The vaping industry argues that e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
