Some cigarettes are selling for R7 a pack, when the tax alone comes to more than R27

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 15 October 2026 at 03:15

British American Tobacco South Africa wants a legal minimum price of R38 a pack, on the back of an Ipsos study it commissioned into how cheaply cigarettes are being sold.

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