“When one looks at the evidence relied upon, there is low quality of evidence. What was relied upon was inconclusive. It could never be sufficient.”He contended there were reasonable prospects that another court would reach a different conclusion.
“There is a reasonable prospect that the SCA [Supreme Court of Appeal] will find the ban was not necessary."“Realistically, experience has always demonstrated that ultimately smokers will source tobacco. The sale of tobacco cannot be prevented.
“The shutting down of an entire industry was not rationally justifiable nor necessary because of a speculative possibility. "A vast number of people derived their livelihoods from the tobacco industry, and it is their only means to survive. The collapse of an industry and the job losses from farm workers to retailers is highly prejudicial,” Subel argued.
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