Lift the ban of selling tobacco in South Africa during lockdown

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#2404

We need to buy smokes

Jarred Friend (Johannsburg, 2020-04-11)

#2410

I am a smoker and have adhered to the lockdown conditions. Now with the extension I will have no more cigarettes. I have to go to the supermarket to buy food, why can I not at the same time get some cigarettes?

Cynthia Lubbe (Centurion, 2020-04-11)

#2411

Loads of smokers will need their fix! Cigarettes are available in other lock down countries why not here!

Lee Osborn (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2413

I'm a smoker.....i know exactly what the people are going through

Etienne Swart (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2416

I have major anxiety and depression. I am already sitting at home alone all day! I have been smoking for 13 years and cannot just stop

Veronica van vuuren (Secunda, 2020-04-11)

#2417

WE are the only country with the ban on sigarettes

Suzette Steenberg (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2419

I am signing this petition because I am a smoker. And my husband

Chantelle de Lange (Carletonville, 2020-04-11)

#2422

We do nobody any harm by smoking..Its our right to smoke.

Nita Otto (Nelspruit, 2020-04-11)

#2426

I'm signing this as I as a smoker has the right to chose if I want to smoke if I need, it reduces stress that we are under.

Louis Barkhuizen (Plettenberg Bay, 2020-04-11)

#2430

I cannot go one day without my cigarette. I am almost out of stock. Must make a plan today. Even if I have to steal I will.

Hanlie Venter (Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2442

I am a smoker

Derek Human (East london, 2020-04-11)

#2445

Im signing because im a smoker

Jaco Visagie (Tzaneen, 2020-04-11)

#2447

Smoking relaxes me during these hard times... selling cigarettes should be allowed like the rest of the world

Natascia Sturlese (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2452

My parents and husband smoke and its not fair they suffer.

Samantha Coetzer-Rayson (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2457

Uplift cigarette purchasing during lockdown

Susan Vorster (Ermelo, 2020-04-11)

#2460

Brin net smoks trig asb. Al wat vraa

Daniel Van Vuuren (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2462

I’m a smoker

Bernice Harman (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2464

we are under lockdown and all movement is limited , we cant just go aboit as we used to. most simple plessures or enjoyments has been stoped due to the lockdown. lift the ban on tabacco please so that we can have some simple enjoyments back uring this troubled times.

David Pieterse (Guateng, 2020-04-11)

#2466

I need my sigarettes

Cherise Bornman (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2467

I believe people have a right to get smokes and this ban is pointless

Nicolene Labuschagne (Centurion, 2020-04-11)

#2468

Im a smoker and my sigarettes wont last till end of the month

Rina Coetzee (Williston, 2020-04-11)

#2469

I think its totally unfair to the smokers out there...rather sell cigarettes legitimately. There are going to be a lot of people buying them illegally so just lift the ban!!!

Luellen Smith (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2473

Lift the ban for sigarettes

Geertjie Wolvaardt (Nigel, 2020-04-11)

#2474

Withdrawal symptoms will cause more problems than smoking.

Richard Schultz (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2476

It is MY prerogative to decide when to stop smoking. Why does the government want to lose the tax (huge amount!!)? There MUST be more to this story!

Ronelle Wagenaar (George, 2020-04-11)

#2478

Lift the ban on cigarettes

Saroj Reddy (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2480

How can it be expected to suddenly stop smoking after 30 years. It is our constitutional right to smoke or to quit out of free will.

Kathy Van dyk (Ladybrand, 2020-04-11)

#2481

Smoking is not like drinking if you had a smoke you would not go in streets and make problems. Plus now there is more people walking around to buy smokes from shop to shop so please lift it

Christo Scheepers (Polokwane, 2020-04-11)

#2482

I am signing because I al a smoker and feel that it is my decision to smoke it feels like you are now kept in a cage even the person's in jail can take their cigarettes what harm can be done cause now its gonna cause havoc with brake ins that already started

Catharina Greyling (Polokwane, 2020-04-11)

#2483

Please Mr President.

Christa Labuschagne (Free State, 2020-04-11)

#2490

Because this is not fair to all people who have Smoked for years ... and government and the economy were benefiting from the taxes !!! We pay our taxes so give us our cigarettes

Guy Weldon (Durban, 2020-04-11)

#2492

It's been a while since I last had a cigarette and I'm trying to be calm but I don't know how much longer

Rene Enomoto (Springs, 2020-04-11)

#2494

I know how it feels to need a smoke

Ilone Smit (Nelspruit, 2020-04-11)

#2495

I smoke and this is crazy. I understand the ban on alcohol but smokes is crazy

Cindy Ness (Alberton, 2020-04-11)

#2496

This is depression prevention and the people will end up in hospital fot treatment of depression taking up space that could have been used for the virus pasients

Jackie Oosthuyzen (Bloemfontein, 2020-04-11)

#2497

It is a essential for people under severe stress in this time

Emelda Craemer (Alberton, 2020-04-11)

#2500

We have enough stress at the moment without having to go through forced withdrawal at this time. Nicotine addiction is considered one of the worst there is.

Frieda Paton (Pilgrim's Rest, 2020-04-11)

#2502

I am signing because it is my body and my life, so it is my choice what I put in my lungs or body.

Alan Crouch (Randburg, 2020-04-11)

#2504

People are already under a lot of stress and this helps them relax. Can’t stop smoking over night.

Heleen Van Tubbergh (Centurion, 2020-04-11)

#2507

Take alcohol people can survive without it nicotine is a addictive and we need it

Kyla Pretorius (Pretoria, 2020-04-11)

#2508

I need to smoke, it's not a very clever idea to ban cigarettes during lockdown the reasons given is stupid

Marshall Smith (Cape town, 2020-04-11)

#2515

To just quit smoking increases the rise in tempers. It's an addiction like any other and could give further rise to domestic violence

Chantel Steyn (Randhart, 2020-04-11)

#2521

I am a smoker

Samantha Prinsloo (Bronkhorstspruit, 2020-04-11)

#2522

I don’t see what harm cigarettes do when smoking in my own home

Lynette Powell (Alberton, 2020-04-11)

#2531

I've been a smoker for 30 years, I have tried to give up smoking, I cannot, I get terribly aggressive, agitated and irritable, please I'm begging you to lift the ban on cigarettes. Thank you. Best wishes.

Sandra Freeborough (Thabazimbi, 2020-04-11)

#2532

Mr President this is not a drug that caused people to act reckless and does not cause abuse. Please lift this ban. Please. Thank you for what you are doing for Sourh Africa.

Moira Putter (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2534

There is no reason to ban smoking

Louise Wilkins (Sandton, 2020-04-11)

#2535

I fail to understand this ban

Machel Plekker (Harding, 2020-04-11)

#2538

I am a smoker

Cecil Harman (Secunda, 2020-04-11)

#2539

There is studies showing smokers is less likely to get COVID-19. Also, a lot of smokers can't handle themselves if they run out of siggaretts so think of the violence and abuse caused by people not being able to smoke.

Sonjanet Gouws (Hazyview, 2020-04-11)

#2544

My husband smokes

Madeleen Bezuidenhout (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2545

Not only is it my human right to continue smoking as i have been for many years as my choice. you cannot expect a smoker to just stop its like taking a person off drugs what are the people reactions going to be with withdrawal. Our choice has been taken from us. and what about the R35m a day that the government is losing now in tax?

Kerry Van Der Merwe (Merwe krugersdorp, 2020-04-11)

#2546

How can cigarettes be a problem

Rudi Joubert (Germiston, 2020-04-11)

#2547

I need the cigarettes, I am not ready to stop.

Jacques Pieterse (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2548

I don’t see why it should be banned.

Laken Bouwer (Benoni, 2020-04-11)

#2550

My boyfriend is a smoker...and i wont survive another 2 weeks lock down if he doesnt have smokes. Just make it law that you have to buy a carton at a time, that way people arnt going everyday

Janine Brown (Gonubie Broads, 2020-04-11)

#2551

I don't smoke but I know a lot of friends and family that do and this time is much more stressful for them without it.

Samantha Jacobs (East London, 2020-04-11)

#2553

Mr President you are treating us like a nation of children. We should be allowed to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol if we do wish. And no I don't smoke.

Cathy Peacock (Humansdorp, 2020-04-11)

#2554

its lots of money lost for economy. and we going to start get violent..

Tertius van Huyssteen (Secunda, 2020-04-11)

#2555

Ban on cigarettes is ridiculous.

Lorraine Sapsford (Somerset West, 2020-04-11)

#2559

I also agree on asking you to lift the ban for cigarettes

Keenin Swart (Cape town, 2020-04-11)

#2566

I am a smoker

Louise Stanley (Sasolburg, 2020-04-11)

#2570

Its unfair on everyone not to be able to buy. Its causing alot of tension between people and family. And it mskes you sick once you dont have it its a health risk to smokers because it sends bodies into shock. Alot risk going out looking for cigarettes. It makes sense specially with it bring extended by 2 more weeks. Please dont be unfair on you citizens. It will also help the country with money to be made. A lot of people going to end up fighting because of not having. Its not good. Its everyone right to be able to buy it yet respect and obey the rules. But you will have less people moving around looking. If you sell wich will pose less risk of effections spreading

David Botha (Phalaborwa, 2020-04-11)

#2571

Smoking is a serious addiction. It involves a certain mindset and plan to stop smoking. Government cannot simply order them to stop.

Lisa Kemp (Cape Town, 2020-04-11)

#2573

Can’t figure out why they can’t be sold. Makes absolutely no sense to me

Maja Scotland (Gonubie, 2020-04-11)

#2576

As a smoker withdrawal symptoms are the last thing I need to experience in an already difficult situation. I am responsible for a family of 5 and am really trying to keep it together, calm and organized for us all.

Roberto Farley (Benoni, 2020-04-11)

#2577

I'm an ex smoker and know what it is like to not have. If I didn't have it made me very agro.

Jo-Anne Parker (Glenhills, 2020-04-11)

#2578

I want lift on banning of cigarettes

Shafiek Bohardien (Cape town, 2020-04-11)

#2582

im a South African
and its my right to stand agains discrimination.

Basil Tucker (gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2583

Banning us feom smoking is against human rights

Janine Nienaber (Modimolle, 2020-04-11)

#2588

I also want the bottle stores to open!

John Rambo (Johannesburg, 2020-04-11)

#2589

I am a smoker and anxiety sufferer on medication. I need my smokes and meds to stay calm

Nadia Fourie (Witbank, 2020-04-11)

#2590

Im a smoker and i know agression is one of the withdrawal symptoms i dont have sigarettes to last me until end of april the ban was made and i git smokes till 16 april at best. Now lockdown got extended.

Rudi Vortsman (Hooetown, 2020-04-11)

#2591

I cannot survive without my smokes especially in these times

Maxine Wedderburn (Gauteng, 2020-04-11)

#2594

I am a smoker

Marlize Jones (Vryheid, 2020-04-11)



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