{"id":22938,"date":"2020-10-21T12:25:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=22938"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:25:56","slug":"vaping-news-south-africa-vaping-to-be-treated-as-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/22938","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: SOUTH AFRICA [Vaping To Be Treated As Smoking]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cabinet is prepared to table its new Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which is likely to dramatically change things for smokers in South Africa. As well as extending its reach to the vaping industry, the threat of a \u2018public cigarette ban\u2019 also looms large.  It\u2019s since been reported that the Bill will be sent forward for processing \u2018before the end of the year\u2019, and covers the following: The Bill aims to bring e-cigarettes and vaping accessories under stricter regulations. It wants to limit the use, marketing, and sales of certain tobacco products in South Africa. What is more, this Bill gives provision to the government to implement their \u2018100% public cigarette ban\u2019. The Vapour Products Association of South Africa\u2019s (VPASA) stated that, contrary to popular belief, the industry welcomes the introduction of regulatory frameworks&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesouthafrican.com\/news\/new-regulations-smokers-public-cigarette-ban-proposals\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Smokers in SA face new restrictions \u2013 including a \u2018public cigarette ban\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"VAPING%20NEWS%3A%20SOUTH%20AFRICA%20%5BVaping%20To%20Be%20Treated%20As%20Smoking%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cabinet is prepared to table its new Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill, which is likely to dramatically change things for smokers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vaping-news","wpcat-147-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22939,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22938\/revisions\/22939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}