Is the current abuse adequate?  ,
Anyone caught with a vape in Singapore could be fined up to S$ 2, 000 ( US$ 1, 496 ).
If you’re caught selling, importing or doing anything related to making it accessible – it’s a fine of up to S$ 10, 000 or six months in jail, or both. If you’re caught more than once, this was increase.
People who continue to smoke are evidently either conscious or “disdainful” of the sanctions, said Prof Teo.
The Health Sciences Authority ( HSA ) fined 57 people for vaping in Singapore’s central areas on one day and on the spot that day.
A potential earnings in the millions of dollars versus a possible time in jail, according to Prof. Teo, is “no-brainer” for those sneaking vapes through boundary gates.
Prof. Teo suggested that manufacturers should be punished substantially to the haul’s size.
Singapore’s health officials announced in December of last year that frontier gates like Changi Airport would be strengthened.
A series of regional attacks in June even led to the disturbance of what was called , “one of the largest” smoke supply sites in Singapore, with the arrest of hundreds of thousands of vapes , for S$ 6 million and meant for sales on messaging app Telegram.
In the second quarter of 2024, HSA even worked with officials of local , e-commerce and social media platforms to get down more than 2, 000 advertisements of cigarettes and parts.
Singapore officials are also , reviewing , the sanctions, which remain lower than in other areas.
In Brunei, where vapes are categorised as imitation tobacco products, a person found selling or importing vapes can be fined B$ 5, 000 ( US$ 3, 742 ).
And over in Australia, where the sale of vapes is banned outside of pharmacies, individuals found selling non-therapeutic vapes can face seven years in jail or a AU$ 2.2 million ( US$ 1.43 million ) fine.
Earlier this year, Singapore’s Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam , said HSA was working on strengthening deterrence , against the advertisements, importation and distribution of cigarettes.
She stated that the organization is attempting to increase its efforts to stop online cigarette information and monitor it.  ,
Sally Lee provided further monitoring.