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WATCH LIVE | Department of health holds meeting on tobacco control in SA

31 May 2020 - 13:08 By TimesLIVE
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Deputy minister of health Dr Joe Phaahla is chairing a meeting on tobacco control in SA.

This comes as calls mount for the government to lift the ban on the sale of cigarettes under level 3 the Covid-19 lockdown in the country.

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