Martin van Staden

Libertarian Jurisprudence & Free Market Policy

MK’s pro-Tobacco Bill turn: The lady doth protest too much

As a non-smoker, I have written about South Africa’s Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill more times than I care to count – and will continue to write about it.

Each time, the core point has been the same: this is not serious public policy. It is bureaucratic busywork dressed up as caring public health, the kind of one-size-fits-all nanny-state meddling that distracts from – and worsens – the real crises South Africa is experiencing.

Read the full article in the Daily Friend.