It is a typical scene at coffee shops across the island. At the TG 339 Eating House in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, there are four tables in a smoking corner marked by yellow lines.
In this space, smokers, including hawker Liu Song Lin, 30, indulge in their afternoon puff, the smoke from their cigarettes rising, curling, then dissipating into the surrounding air.
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