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🧐Stronger enforcement? If there are about 985,000 #smokers in #Singapore, those caught #vaping is less than 2% of that.🤔

Nearly 18,000 people caught for possession & use of #vapes over 15 months: HSA, MOH
"Those found guilty of possessing, using or buying #evaporisers can be fined up to $2000. Those who import, distribute, sell or offer e-vaporisers & related components for sale can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to 6 months, or both, for the 1st offence"
#AntiTobacco
straitstimes.com/singapore/cou

The Straits Times · Nearly 18,000 people caught for possession and use of vapes over 15 months: HSA, MOHE-vaporisers and other components worth more than $41 million were seized during the time period. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Day 33 cont 🗳️🚬🚭💰💰💰💰

“The #Coalition’s plan to raise $3.6bn by increasing #tax on #VAPES and making them MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE would lead to “serious short- and long-term harm” and is “exactly what #BigTobacco have been asking for”, according to public health experts.”

#AusPol / #Liberals / #PeterDutton / #LNP / #Nationals / #LiberalNationals <theguardian.com/society/2025/m>

The Guardian · Coalition plan to make vapes more widely available ‘exactly what big tobacco wants’, health experts warnBy Henry Belot
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Jugendliche greifen wieder vermehrt zu #Zigaretten und #Vapes – eine besorgniserregende Entwicklung. Stress, Angst und die laxe Tabakkontrolle in Deutschland könnten mitverantwortlich sein. Was steckt hinter dem #Trend? Von @elena_materamas.to #archiv #rauchen riffreporter.de/de/gesellschaf

RiffReporter · Nikotinsucht: Warum junge Menschen wieder so viel rauchenBy Elena Matera

Frankreich macht Schluss mit Wegwerf-Vapes

Sie schmecken süß, sind bequem und vor allem günstig: Einweg-E-Zigaretten. Bis Ende 2026 sollen diese Vapes EU-weit von nachfüllbaren Exemplaren abgelöst werden. Frankreich geht den Schritt schon jetzt. Von Cai Rienäcker.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/f

tagesschau.de · Frankreich macht Schluss mit Wegwerf-VapesBy Cai Rienäcker

More than a million #vapes a day in #UK thrown away, says research
Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK leading to an "#environmental nightmare"
From June 2025 it will be illegal to sell single-use vapes to combat environmental damage
theguardian.com/society/2024/d

The Guardian · More than a million vapes a day in UK thrown away, says researchBy Helena Horton