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It appears that, for many, smoking cigarettes is essential, even amid a health emergency such as this Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Picture: iStock/ Rattankun Thongbun
It appears that, for many, smoking cigarettes is essential, even amid a health emergency such as this Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Picture: iStock/ Rattankun Thongbun

Alcohol and tobacco are an entrapment of the poor and vulnerable in particular, who are the biggest consumers, writes Modidima Mannya

It appears that, for many, smoking cigarettes is essential, even amid a health emergency such as this Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

There have been similar sentiments regarding alcohol.

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