Other countries are regulating smoking in homes and Singapore should, too

Combatting second-hand smoke includes bans and designated smoking points 

In a city as densely populated as Singapore, it does not take many smokers to expose a lot of people. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Singapore has made a commendable effort to stop people from smoking in public places and to reduce smoking prevalence with measures such as taxation and plain packaging.

Despite this, the issue of second-hand smoke is not going away any time soon. In a city as densely populated as Singapore, it does not take many smokers to expose a lot of people.

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