Ramaphosa: Ban on cigarettes will eventually be lifted

President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on Wednesday during his virtual imbizo, that the ban on cigarettes will eventually be lifted. 

Ramaphosa, however, did not say when.

The ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products have been in place since the national lockdown came into effect in March.

For more on this, we spoke to Johann van Loggerenberg, a former SARS executive and author of the book, Tobacco Wars.