Tobacco bill won’t curb smoking

Like it or not, smokers will smoke; be it cigarettes, cigars, weed, e-cigs or vapes; someone who wants to smoke will find a way to smoke.Proposed legislation, such as the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill (Tobacco Bill), will accomplish little to improve public health or curb smoking.Rather, the in-vain attempts to control the habits of otherwise law-abiding South Africans will accomplish little other than potentially devastating the economy.The bill makes a host of grandiose proposals, including imposing stricter standards on processing, manufacturing and…