Characteristics of surveys conducted during the sales ban in South Africa, and percentages who had stopped smoking
| Survey title | Organisation | Survey date | Sample size N | Language of the survey | Type of survey | Recruitment method | Respondents | Question | Response |
| Lighting up the illicit market | Research Unit on Economics of Excisable Products. (REEP1) | 29 April–11 May | 12 204 | English Afrikaans | Online | Social media, petition site, earned media | Smokers | Have you successfully quit smoking during the lockdown? (Yes/No) | 16% Yes (7%* Yes) |
| M4Jam | M4Jam | Not stated Report on 4 June. | 2013 | Not stated | Panel | Online registration to community | Smokers |
Had stopped smoking during lockdown. (Exact question not stated.) | 49% Yes |
| Smoking and quitting behaviour in lockdown South Africa. | Research Unit on Economics of Excisable Products. (REEP2) | 4–19 June | 23 631 | English | Online | Social media, petition site. | Smokers | Have you successfully quit smoking during the lockdown? (Yes/No) | 9%* Yes |
| The Ask Afrika COVID-19 Tracker Week 12 Results | Ask Afrika | 16–21 June | 590† | English | Quota sample, recruited online | Computer-assisted telephonic interviews (40% of sample) and online (60%). | Smokers and non-smokers. |
Do you smoke tobacco products?
(Before lockdown/During lockdown/No). | 18% Before lockdown 10% During lockdown |
*Unweighted data.
†The same question was sometimes repeated in different weeks so the number of respondents answering a question could be higher than that stated.