Lift the ban of selling tobacco in South Africa during lockdown

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#2602

It makes no sense to ban tabacco. Please left the ban. Ppl are stressed as it is. Don't make the quit smoking during stressful times

Sonia Botha (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2603

I'm a smoker and have been for many years. Please don't let me go through withdrawl during this time.
Why can't we buy cigarettes and alcohol on line

Helen Phillips (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2606

people get very moody without and partners and kids are getting the shit where they are to scared to say or do anything

Magda oosthuysen (durban, 2020-04-11)

#2607

I'm signing because I'm a smoker and I have been smoking for years and it's very difficult to stop smoking 🚬 and now with the band of smokes its causing hell all over as people are looting bottle stores to get smokes and alcohol. Lift the band so we can smoke please. As our temper is hectic if we don't smoke than when we do. Please. And thank you.

Debbie Reilander (Queensburgh, 2020-04-11)

#2609

I am singing this petition because like many Smokers the time the lock down was announced there was not enough time given to stock up and for those like me that get paid end of each month only got paid after the lock down had started

Shane Tamine (Alberton, 2020-04-11)

#2611

I am a smoker and agree 100% don't take 1 of my only stress relief methods away.

Des De Wet (L'Agulhas, 2020-04-11)

#2613

Smoking on my own property has nothing at all to do with government or the disease

Janine Swart (Gordon's Bay, 2020-04-11)

#2614

Toy Bestet

Toy Bester (Nelspruit, 2020-04-11)

#2618

I am a smoker who thought we were a democratic country but now find we live in a dictatorship.

Kathleen Matysiak (johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2620

smoking

Sarel Gous (Ekruleni, 2020-04-11)

#2623

The government needs the revenue desperately! It will also make life easier to comply with the lockdown rules,and keep tempers in check.

trudy igesund (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2624

Let one be, if we want to smoke, so be it, it's not breaking any law, it's our decision, nothing to do with anyone else!

Lisa Roadknight (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2626

Dit is nie regverdig nie, ek rook all vir vyftig jaar nou moet ek sukkel om dit te kry en as jy krydan is dit n belaglike prys

Johanna Taljaard (Germiston, 2020-04-11)

#2627

Smoking is my human right. Our police minister is playing God

Teri L (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2631

Im a smoker who want to smoke peacefully in my home goverment cant take my choice to smoke away from me

Anneline Frances (Standerton, 2020-04-11)

#2632

Cigatette and Tobacco sales have not been banned in any other country. We're losing millions in lost tax revenues. Petty. Stupid - and clearly an "oversight. Lift the ban now, please!

Cliff Cass (Baoksburg, 2020-04-11)

#2634

I believe thay cigarettes should be allowed tp be purchased along with essential goods

Suzanna Goodenough (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2635

Ek is nie e n roker nie. Maat Rokers het baie stress wanneer hulle nie rook nie en dit kan lei tot mishandeling. Regering sny hulle eie keel af want dit is belasting verlore. Mense gaan soek en beweeg nou rond om swartmark sigarette te koop.

Connie Nel (Betty's bay, 2020-04-11)

#2636

Ridiculous

Anna Kleynhans (Pretoris, 2020-04-11)

#2637

I am a smoker and i am paying extraordinary high prices on the black market. . I cannot deal with this corvid stress i have also lost my job. And cant get anything from relief fund because i was not registered with uif.

Vanita Sheriff (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2638

I don't like the fact that they took away the cigarettes

Gabriël Van Der Merwe (SouthAfrica, 2020-04-11)

#2640

I have people in lock down with me who are battling to function without their cigarettes, please reduce the lock down tension by allowing cigarettes to be sold

Adele Greyling (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2642

I smoke too keep me calm and relieve stress.

Vicky Guthrie (Meyerton, 2020-04-11)

#2643

I'm a smoker and struggling.

Marchant Donoghue (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2648

lift the ban on tabacco

janine gardiner (port elizabeth, 2020-04-11)

#2649

It is not nessesary to band sigaretts, nobody else done it

Dirk Ferreira (Rustenburg, 2020-04-11)

#2653

This is not the time to limit a person to a stress reliever

Tony Brandt (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2655

dis my reg om gerook

Charles De Bruin (Springs, 2020-04-11)

#2659

I am a smoker and in these stressful times I use a cigarette to calm myself.

Anthony Van Den Berg (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2660

My husband is driving me crazy for not having sigarettes

Jackie Knox (Danabaai, 2020-04-11)

#2661

We need to buy our cigarettes legally. We would prefer not to move around to much to get them. We obey the rules and just want to buy what we need with our other essential goods

Ruan En Mandie Viljoen (Vanderbijlpark, 2020-04-11)

#2663

Going cold turkey causes so much stress. I already have had 1 stroke, can't afford to have another. Please unban cigarette sales.

BEV Koster (Gonubie, East London, 2020-04-11)

#2665

I need smokes

Jade van de Sandt (Phalaborwa, 2020-04-11)

#2669

Please lift the ban, we are all stressed at home, it will make things a little bit more bearable. People will start breaking the law to get cigarettes and alcohol if they cannot buy legally

Natalie van Rooy (Roodepoort, 2020-04-11)

#2670

i am a smoker and i want to buy cigarettes legally.it is a stress relief in trying times like these

Ruan Viljoen (Vandwrbijlpark, 2020-04-11)

#2671

It's a stress relief for us, withdrawal symptoms are serious and we can't even go for a run to relieve our withdrawals
Pls pls pls

Tanja Arts (Richards bay, 2020-04-11)

#2672

Living with a smoker in the house. Know how aggressive they get without cigarettes to smoke

Petro Meyer (Parys, 2020-04-11)

#2673

I am a smoker

Christo Bester (Somerset west, 2020-04-11)

#2674

Zoe van de wall

Zoe Van de wall (Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2675

Having withdrawal

Karin Crous (Klerksdorp, 2020-04-11)

#2678

I'm signing because the lockdown is stressful enough and it even harder if you at home without cigarettes

Vischell Padayachee (Duban, 2020-04-11)

#2680

because I smoke and it is lockdown and I can't live without my siggies please release lockdown

Sonia grobler (Richard's bay, 2020-04-11)

#2682

It is brainless

Paul Dogon (Nieuwoudtville, 2020-04-11)

#2690

I’m a smoker who smokes for stress relief..

Rouxné Pienaar (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2692

I'm a smoker

Leoné Snyman (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2693

I can't cope without my cigarettes. I will lose my mind if I don't have. And I am already stressing about this lockdown and without my cigarettes I will definitely lose it.

Anna Wright (Kimberley, 2020-04-11)

#2696

Cigarettes have absolutely nothing to do with this virus.

Michele Campbell (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2697

I am n smoker for over 40 years.It is not easy to just stop it is n calm middle for me.

Jannie Jordaan (Lydenburg, 2020-04-11)

#2699

I am a smoker

Tania Dean (Durbanville, 2020-04-11)

#2702

They are taking away our human rights

Lara Warkus (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2704

I'm a smoker

Jorge De Carvalho (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2707

There is no good reason to ban tobacco products

Cody Lange (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2710

Please, smokers are desperate.

Stephan Janssen (Three Rivers East, Vereeniging, 2020-04-11)

#2711

Smoking is a coping mechanism for thousands of people.

Annel Prinsloo (Vryheid, 2020-04-11)

#2712

My smoking is my business and my choice

Marlize Meyer (Benoni, 2020-04-11)

#2713

I am a smoker. Give me oe good reason why the sale of cigarettes is banned, in SA and not in any other country in the world?

Lynelle da Silva (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2714

I'm a smoker let people buy a carton at least then we don't have to go every day

Maria Combrinck (Vereeniging, 2020-04-11)

#2715

I'm a smoker

Freek Erasmus (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2716

Im a smoker

Natasha Van der walt (Vanderbijlpark, 2020-04-11)

#2717

I am a smoker and to force us to stop smoking is cruel and inhumaine this is my body my life my choice.

Angelique Marais (Heidelberg Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2718

I believe that smokers should be allowed to smoke during the lockdown as they can buy it with their grocery essential items. I am not a smoker.

Laurel Abrahamse (Randburg, 2020-04-11)

#2719

I am signing because as a smoker and a Healthcare worker I would prefer to have my temper in check when dealing with patients.

Toyah Bothma (Margate, 2020-04-11)

#2720

I'm signing cause i am a smoker as well...and it is n big struggle to not have any sigarets...let us buy them at our essential shops that is already open..no harm done from that!!!

Letitia Vrey (Steelpoort, 2020-04-11)

#2721

It has got absolutely nothing to do with covid19.

Annastelle Jacobs (Burgersfort, 2020-04-11)

#2722

I believe there is nothing wrong with smoking and it is taking away our rights to the point of stupidity.

Jolene Bouwer (Harrismith, 2020-04-11)

#2724

I am a smoker and would like to Still be able to get my cigerettes

Jean Botha (Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2727

I'm signing because I'm a smoker.

Vivaldi Vrey (1, 2020-04-11)

#2729

I am signing because i think that the banning of cigarettes causes chaos in the economy!every smoker is buying elegal now and it causes stress in households!

Charlene de Bruin (Vanderbijlpark, 2020-04-11)

#2736

I agree with the petition 100%.

Timothy Glasby (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2738

Smoking helps me to relax. I don't drink and am a recovered drug addict.

Juanita Barnard (Roodepoort, 2020-04-11)

#2739

The banning of cigarettes does not make sense

Anna-Marie Seyffert (Strand, 2020-04-11)

#2740

I think it would help the stress

Gary Allis (Cape Town's, 2020-04-11)

#2741

Im signing because this Ban is a form of psychological torture and inhumane to force people and their loved ones to deal with an addiction/dependancy In this matter in an already extremely stressful time. Doing this will not safe a smoker’s life as their lungs would already have damage. This criminalise also law abiding citizens for an addiction that the government was earning lots of tax from, and is a form of entrapment if it forces people to go look for cigarettes in an unlawful way, placing them in danger.

Anton Van Der Merwe (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2745

Stress relieve

Gawie Nel (Sasolburg, 2020-04-11)

#2753

Im a smoker 63yrs old

Deon Eybers (Polokwane, 2020-04-11)

#2756

Since doing my National Service in 1976 and on the Angolan Border in 1977,the things I saw and had to do and the death of my brother on the border caused me to start smoking. It was and is my only pacifier. I am now 63 years old, still on medication to keep me calm and I just simply cannot go without my pacifier, my cigarette.

Jimmy Ward (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2760

Unfair to force long time smokers to not buy or to completly quit. I stay indoors as expected of me. Keep myself busy at home and adhere to all rules, but this is just stupid.

Zelna Erasmus (Meyerton, 2020-04-11)

#2761

Im a smoker.
And if it is not lifted you will see people will start crimes.

Jp Van Der Merwe (Rustenburg, 2020-04-11)

#2763

I need sigarettes to stay sane

Chantal von Mollendorf (Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2764

Please bring back the sigarettes. Its the only thing that keep me calm and my stress under control

Marlene Hill (Thabazimbi, 2020-04-11)

#2766

I am a smoker and have run out of cigarettes due to the extension of the lockdown..

Lou Botha (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2768

This is utter nonsense that people in a so-called democracy are not able to smoke or drink in this day and age.

Kobus Korff (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2770

The Tobacco band simply does not make sense. Nobody who has smoked for several years will see any significant improvement of thier lungs or subsequent ability to better handle a Corona infection in only a month or two after quitting smoking. While there is massive medium and long term gains from quiting smoking, there is practically none in the short term. The tobacco ban has no short term benefits while massive Mental and Physical stress in the same short term.

Stuart Penning (Benoni, 2020-04-11)

#2777

i need smokes please im having suicidal thaughts

Juan Pretorius (gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2778

I am a smoker and need to buy. Also my elderly family also smoke and are suffering cos they couldn't get cigarettes as they only received their pension too late to stockpile

Shaune Hattingh (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2779

I want to buy sigarettes

Melanie Van Der mescht (Burgersfort, 2020-04-11)

#2783

I am a smoker and have enough to hold me until end of lockdown but know that withdraw makes you crancky and worry about more domestic violence

Amanda Smith (Koster, 2020-04-11)

#2787

Smoker myself

Jan Neveling (Springs, 2020-04-11)

#2790

Its hard enough with lockdown and stress this just adds so much more... also people are ripping desperate souls off to still sell cigarettes anyway.

Nikki Oosthuizen (Quee, 2020-04-11)

#2792

- The banning of cigarettes is without thought of the negative impact immediate withdrawal can have on elevating social and domestic tensions.
- For some a box of 10 was a small weekly luxury for the elderly and many of the poorer community. The ban is unkind.
- Cigarette smoking can affect the health of the smoker, but causes no change in behaviour as alcohol can do. In fact it can calm the nerves of many. It does not harm others.
- Hundreds in rehab cope with a cigarette when withdrawing from harder drugs. This removal is of deep concern.
- SA has done a huge campaign on the dangers of sugar. Chocolate, however, is able to be purchased in large quantities as part of 'essential shopping.' Diabetes is one of the most vulnerable predispositions to contracting Covid-19, so this warrants an urgent explanation.
- Whilst heavy smokers might be compromised if they contract Covid-19, a month or more ban does not change the state of their lungs. The stress involved in withdrawal is immense.
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dale Wallace (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2795

Why should this be harder than it already is?

Liané Mostert (Vanderbijlpark, 2020-04-11)

#2797

I agree with the mentioned reasons

Fredrik J Schoeman (Centurion, 2020-04-11)



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