by Hanleigh | Jun 23, 2024 | News
Desco Electronic Recyclers is urgently calling on producers, sellers, and retailers to incentivise consumers to return used vapes and e-cigarettes for proper disposal. With over 95% of these products ending up in landfills, Desco stresses the critical need for...
by Hanleigh | Aug 11, 2022 | Features
Despite all the publicly available information on the harm caused by smoking, it’s estimated that 1.1 billion people smoke cigarettes, according to the World Health Organisation. Simply put, the estimates suggest that there will still be this number of smokers...
by Hanleigh | Jul 5, 2022 | News
Philip Morris South Africa is expanding its retail footprint with the launch of a new flagship boutique store in Canal Walk, Cape Town, to sell its pioneering heat not burn cigarette alternative, IQOS. IQOS is a revolutionary electronic tobacco device designed to heat...
by Hanleigh | Apr 21, 2022 | News
IQOS, the world’s number one selling heat-not-burn system, has evolved with the introduction of a limited-edition version of the IQOS 3 DUO smoke-free tobacco heating system, now available in South Africa. The latest addition to the IQOS 3 DUO family celebrates...
by Hanleigh | Dec 3, 2021 | Features
Earlier this year, tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) announced its ambition for smoke free products to account for more than 50% of its total net revenues by 2025 – by October 2021, this figure reached 28.6%, up from 0% five years ago. There are...