Despite being taste-free and linked to adult smoking habits, candy cigarettes are still available and marketed to children.

This means that smoking an entire box of cigarettes can, in theory, shorten your life by almost four hours. The study follows Australia's impending tobacco ban, with the UK following suit.

Ideally a box of cigarettes is bought at US$120 from local producers and sold for between US$250 and US$300 to the syndicates who then smuggle them into South Africa where the sell for anything ...