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Smoking vs vaping: Which one is worse?
Is vaping really safer than smoking? Take a look at what we really know about the recent craze some say could help you quit smoking — and what’s behind the recent spate of vaping deaths abroad.
Dancing with the devil: UCT stubs out tobacco-funded unit
Can Tobacco money ever be washed clean? Most researchers at the University of Cape Town say no.
New smoke signals: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
Ageing and the secrets of our genes
A rare condition has caused this man’s body to age at super speed. Why?
China’s overfishing of Africa: The lure and the lies
Scientists and campaigners warn that factories in coastal villages are wreaking environmental and economic havoc.
Smoke, spies and lies: Should you throw away your e-cigarette?
South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.
#Budget2019: How this could have netted the country 17.1-billion — & saved lives
Find out why Mboweni's R1.14 hike won't be enough to cut smoking, save lives or bring in much-needed cash.
Organ trafficking: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’
Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt to sell body parts to pay for their passage.
Elsa and Nosipho: They both sell sex for a living, but in opposite worlds
Does sex work legislation have an impact on violence and the spread of HIV? We follow two women who operate in opposite worlds to find out.
Should you believe the latest smoking figures from this tobacco-funded non-profit?
Claim: 49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco. Is this true? Africa Check investigates.
Mboweni, take a chance and take back the tax — it’s time to hike...
In his speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reprioritised millions for new health workers and hospital upgrades. Here’s what he needs to do next.
The tobacco industry says vaping is 95% safer than smoking. Should you believe it?
Find out what you need to know with this latest article in our series separating tobacco fact from fiction.
This kills more than 700 of us each day. Now, the UN wants to...
In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Show us the data: Bhekisisa responds to #BigTobacco
Dear Tisa, you have a point but we’ve got a reason to be wary.
Did Big Tobacco buy Twitter?
There's more to the data — and social media — backing the latest tobacco-funded ad campaign.
Read: South Africa’s controversial #TobaccoBill
South Africa could become one of a growing number of countries that require plain packaging for cigarettes.