Jump to full article: The Independent Online (IOL) (za), 2008-05-07
Intro: More than 42 000 deaths in South Africa annually are attributed to tobacco use, the Cancer Association of SA (Cansa) has said at the Health Portfolio Committee's public hearing in Cape Town.
On Tuesday Cansa, which based its figures on studies by the Medical Research Council, submitted that all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products must be banned in order to help prevent young people from starting to smoke.
In a statement on Tuesday, the health department said it welcomed submissions on tighter tobacco control from various organisations including Cansa, the SA Medical Association and the University of Cape Town Health Economics Unit.
The hearings are aimed at amending Section 76 of the Tobacco Control Amendment Bill 2008 to bring it in line with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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