The Portfolio Committee on Health turned its attention on Wednesday to the wording of the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill’s preamble and definitions.
As South Africa's proposed tobacco control law undergoes intense scrutiny, MPs have started dissecting the Bill clause by clause, raising critical questions about its implications for public health and the tobacco industry.
The Portfolio Committee on Health turned its attention to the wording of the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill’s preamble and definitions yesterday.
Smokers’ rights, illicit trade and the regulation of newer nicotine products were among the issues coming under scrutiny.
MK Party MP Moshome Motubatse called for the reference to a “precautionary approach” to the regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems to be removed.
