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South Africa ends ban on cigarettes, but smuggling may stay

by Associated Press
| August 28, 2020 2:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Cigarette smuggling boomed in South Africa during its nearly five-month ban on legal sales as part of anti-COVID-19 measures, and even though legal sales are once again permitted, many in the tobacco industry think the illegal trade will continue.

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