REEP lockdown study #2 covered extensively in the SA media
Media citations between 21st and 28th July 2020: A variety of media outlets covered the report and its findings:
Newspapers/Press:
21st July
- IOL: UCT study stubs out argument for continued cigarette ban
- Daily/Business Maverick: UCT study finds soaring prices for illicit cigarettes burn smokers, suggests sin tax hike
- EWN: Study: Smokers Try to Quit as Illegal Cigarette Prices Surge 250% Under Lockdown
- The South African: Cigarette ban: Why smokers shouldn’t give up hope just yet
- DefenceWeb: Cigarette prices soar during lockdown, according to latest UCT study
- BizNews: ‘Something very peculiar is going on in cigarette market’: UCT Prof Corné van Walbeek
22nd July
- EWN: Sharing Of Cigarettes Jumped 430% During Lockdown, Study Finds
- BusinessTech: Almost all smokers in South Africa are still lighting up despite ban, research shows
- Daily Maverick: Interview: SA’s vaping industry is going up in smoke
- The South African: South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday 22 July
- BizCommunity: Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study
23rd July
24th July
- The South African: Cigarette ban holds firm as Fita loses High Court appeal
25th July
26th July
- The South African: Cigarette ban: Why smokers shouldn’t give up hope just yet
TV
21st July
- Corné: eNCA with Sally Burnette
- Corné: Moment of Clarity interview
22nd July
- Corné: Newzroom Afrika with Cathy Matshashane (18:30)
23rd July
- Corné: Morning Live SABC (08:10)
Radio
21st July
- Corné: SAfm with Bongi Gwala (15:40)
- Corné: Cape Talk with John Maytham (15:15)
- Sam: Radio 702 with Joanne Joseph
22nd July
- Sam: 5fm with Nick Hamman