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No-Tobacco Campaign
Another Legal Defeat for Cigarette Companies
15 August 2012 – National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) – Australia’s highest court upholds ‘plain packaging’ law. In a landmark ruling, the Australian high court today upheld its government’s right to introduce ‘plain packaging’ rules for tobacco products. The court dismissed a challenge to the law from the world’s biggest cigarette manufacturers. From December, all […]
Read morePublished: 20 August 2012
Updated: 20 August 2012
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Smoking Challenge Stubbed Out
7 August 2012 – Johannesburg – The Constitutional Court has turned down a legal challenge against a ban on smoking advertisements, the National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) said on Tuesday. The court declined a request by British American Tobacco SA (Batsa) to hear an appeal of a judgment upholding the ban by the Supreme Court […]
Read morePublished: 20 August 2012
Updated: 27 August 2013
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
80% Public want Clean Air Unpolluted by Tobacco Smoke
26 July 2012 – National Council Against Smoking (NCAS): New research presented yesterday shows that there is overwhelming public support for making indoor public places 100% smoke free and that the existing laws were not protecting non-smokers adequately. Other research found that the 1999 laws restricting smoking did not affect restaurant revenues. If anything the […]
Read morePublished: 20 August 2012
Updated: 20 August 2012
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
NCAS – BATSA bid to torpedo Tobacco Law fails
21 June 2012: BATSA fails in appeal to the Supreme Court to have the ban on tobacco advertising declared unconstitutional.The plans of British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) to addict new generations of teenagers to nicotine suffered a bloody nose in the courts yesterday. In a victory for the youth of South Africa, the cigarette maker’s […]
Read morePublished: 14 July 2012
Updated: 9 March 2021
Categories: Advocacy, No-Tobacco Campaign
Fruits and Veggies May Help Patients Quit Smoking
June 19, 2012 — Cigarette smokers who eat more fruits and vegetables are more likely to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes over the long term, new research shows. Investigators from the University of Buffalo in New York found that smokers who ate fruits and vegetables an average of 4 or more times per day were […]
Read morePublished: 14 July 2012
Updated: 30 August 2013
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Survey Reveals Desperation to QUIT – NICORETTE®
Most smokers do not enjoy smoking, don’t think it is cool, and know it is bad for their health. These were the startling conclusions of the third annual NICORETTE® South African Smoking Survey, which polled smokers about their smoking habits, trends and behaviours to smoking.¹ The survey, endorsed by CANSA and conducted by NICORETTE®, a […]
Read morePublished: 25 June 2012
Updated: 20 May 2015
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Nowhere to Smoke – Support Proposed Law Amendments Today
18 June 2012: A quick puff in the office’s smoking room, lounging in a restaurant’s designated smoking area and even having a cigarette on a crowded beach or alongside a walkway – these are all “personal choices” that could soon become illegal. The Free Market Foundation, which is calling on the public to oppose new amendments […]
Read morePublished: 20 June 2012
Updated: 9 March 2021
Categories: Advocacy, No-Tobacco Campaign
Support Ban on 2nd Hand Smoke in Public Places Today
National Council Against Smoking Press Release Good News! All buildings in South Africa are set to become 100% smoke-free and smoking is to be prohibited in some outdoor areas, if draft regulations published on March 30th 2012, by the Minister of Health, become law. This is great news for the health of nonsmokers and smokers alike. The regulations follow […]
Read morePublished: 30 May 2012
Updated: 2 June 2025
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Know the Law – It’s Your Right to a Smoke-Free World
In the Government Gazette of 21 August 2009, Parliament proclaimed that two Acts which amend South Africa’s tobacco control laws are now in operation. The Acts were passed by Parliament in 2007 and 2008. Key points in the latest amendments are: Adults may not smoke in a car when a passenger under 12 years is […]
Read morePublished: 29 May 2012
Updated: 9 March 2021
Categories: Advocacy, No-Tobacco Campaign
Quit Smoking – Stories of Hope
It’s not easy to stop smoking, but it is possible! Find out how one young person managed to kick the habit and why another is still struggling… Which one are you? Not only is it smelly and expensive, but it can cause cancer, heart problems, as well as emphysema (a serious lung disease). Read more… […]
Read morePublished: 29 May 2012
Updated: 28 May 2021
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Choose Smoke-Free Lives
Lungs were made to breathe clean air, receiving oxygen from incoming air which enters the bloodstream, and allows carbon dioxide (a waste gas) to leave the blood. Unhealthy lungs are not able to do this well, causing poor health. Tobacco smoking is the main cause for unhealthy lungs, lung cancer, and over 14 other types […]
Read morePublished: 24 May 2012
Updated: 13 May 2026
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
CANSA Endorses Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking
CANSA has officially endorsed Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking method as a Smart Choice in the fight against cancer since 2008. Quit successfully with support from Allen Carr SA – find detailed information at www.allencarr.co.za or call 0861 100 200. COVID-19 Message from Dr. Charles Nel (Head Allen Carr SA) All smokers are aware […]
Read morePublished: 22 May 2012
Updated: 10 March 2021
Categories: CANSA's Seal of Recognition - Health Programmes Category, No-Tobacco Campaign
American Cancer Society recognises the work of Dr Saloojee in tobacco control
Yussuf Saloojee wins the Luther L Terry Award – American Cancer Society recognises the work of Dr Saloojee in tobacco control The National Council Against Smoking is pleased to announce that its executive director, Dr Yussuf Saloojee has won the prestigious American Cancer Society (ACS) Luther L. Terry Award for Outstanding Individual Leadership. The award recognizes […]
Read morePublished: 11 January 2012
Updated: 7 August 2025
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Take Action Against Those Who Break the Law
Every individual has the right to a smoke-free environment. South African legislation is very clear about where smoking is prohibited. It is your right to complain when someone smokes in your presence and to take remedial steps if someone smokes in any area where smoking is prohibited. The following are guidelines in the event of […]
Read morePublished: 27 May 2011
Updated: 18 September 2024
Categories: Advocacy, No-Tobacco Campaign
CANSA Batting for a Tobacco-Free World
2011: CANSA welcomes recent rulings against a giant in the tobacco industry by the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) and Judge J Phatudi in the North Gauteng High Court. In response to various complaints received from the public, the ASA ruled that the advertising message conveyed by British American Tobacco South Africa’s (BATSA) […]
Read morePublished: 27 May 2011
Updated: 4 June 2024
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Smoking Changes Your Looks
Young, beautiful, healthy… smoking changes your looks, your health and life. You choose… remember smoking causes cancer. Mooi, jonk, gesond… rook verander jou voorkoms, jou gesondheid en lewe. Maak jou keuse… onthou rook veroorsaak kanker. Want to Quit? For more information regarding tobacco and how you can quit, click here.
Read morePublished: 1 June 2010
Updated: 12 July 2021
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Australia anti-smoking media release
The Rudd Government today (29 April 2010) announced a comprehensive package targeting smoking and its harmful effects, including an increase in the tobacco excise of 25%. This increase in tobacco excise will provide an extra $5 billion over four years, which along with existing revenues from tobacco, will be directly invested in better health and […]
Read morePublished: 9 May 2010
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Cancer Research UK welcomes Australia’s introduction of plain cigarette packaging
4 May 2010 – Cigarettes in Australia will soon have to be sold in plain packaging to prevent consumers – and particularly children – from being influenced by tobacco advertising. The measure is included in a new package of actions announced by the Australian government and has been welcomed by Cancer Research UK, which has […]
Read morePublished: 9 May 2010
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Help protect children from tobacco marketing
Fact: Over 80% of smokers start before the age of 19. Fact: Half of all long-term smokers will die of cancer or other smoking-related diseases. Tobacco advertising has been banned on television, in print and on billboards. Yet children are still regularly exposed to branding on packs and attractive tobacco displays in shops. By removing tobacco from […]
Read morePublished: 9 May 2010
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Smokeless tobacco and cancer
Smokeless tobacco products include chewed tobacco, sucked tobacco and inhaled tobacco. Scientists have shown that using any form of smokeless tobacco increases your risk of cancer. Smokeless tobacco contains many different chemicals that can cause cancer, it also contains nicotine, so like cigarettes it is highly addictive. Smokeless tobacco products such as snuff and snus are being marketed to young people by promoting flavoured […]
Read morePublished: 8 May 2010
Updated: 28 May 2021
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
Second hand smoke
Breathing in other people’s smoke can cause cancer. Second-hand smoke can cause other health problems too, including heart disease, stroke and breathing problems. A non-smoker sitting in a smoke filled room for 8 hours will breathe as many cancer-causing chemicals as if he or she had smoked 36 cigarettes. Tobacco and second hand smoke contain […]
Read morePublished: 8 May 2010
Categories: No-Tobacco Campaign
