Editor’s Note: See also University of Cape Town Study Suggests The Illicit Trade In Cigarettes Targets Poor Communities In SA.
From: Business Day (South Africa)
Potential for massive profit is behind the dramatic spike in black market trade in cigarettes, writes Corné van Walbeek
Tobacco and Heart Disease is the theme for World No Tobacco Day on Thursday. Although most people regard cancer as the disease commonly associated with tobacco use, more smokers die of tobacco-attributable heart disease than tobacco-attributable cancers.