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When state capture crippled Sars, Big tobacco made its move. A new book unearths never-before-details about the industry & its Take Back the Tax Campaign.

Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt takes a look at the global sensation — the tramadol dance — that’s topping the charts in Africa’s effort to curb drug abuse.

Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?

South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.

No one really knows how many people inject drugs in east and southern Africa and that's a bigger problem than you think.

Find out why Mboweni's R1.14 hike won't be enough to cut smoking, save lives or bring in much-needed cash.

You made it through the year. Kick back, relax and take a read through the 2018 that was.

Claim: 49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco. Is this true? Africa Check investigates.

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 substances that cause cancer leave their fingerprints behind. Now, the world may be closer than ever to unravelling the clues hidden in our DNA.

Find out what you need to know with this latest article in our series separating tobacco fact from fiction.

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?

Scroll down to read the latest trial results as part of our live blog from the UN's recent high level meeting on TB.

Dear Tisa, you have a point but we’ve got a reason to be wary.

There's more to the data — and social media — backing the latest tobacco-funded ad campaign.

For millennials, it ain't looking good, but are hard-hitting campaigns just fat-shaming and counterproductive?