The Bill seeks to strengthen public health protection measures, align the South African tobacco control law with the World Health Organisation Framework Convention and to repeal the Tobacco Control Act, 1993 (Act No. 83 of 1993). The proposed legislative and policy changes seek to introduce the following:
a) Indoor public places and certain outdoor areas that will be determined to be 100 percent smoke-free;
b) Ban the sale of cigarettes through vending machines;
c) Plain packaging with graphic health warnings and pictorials;
d) Ban on display at point-of-sale; and
e) The regulation and control of electronic nicotine delivery systems and non-nicotine delivery systems.