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Why Singapore needs more safe ways out for vape-addicted youth
Counselling over punishment is a good start, but expanding confidential, empathetic care is critical as more cases of addiction emerge.
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Health Sciences Authority officers on an anti-vaping blitz. Singapore’s firm stance has kept vaping products off retail shelves.
Yvette van der Eijk
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In March 2025, Minister of State for Health Rahayu Mahzam announced that children reported by their parents for vaping would no longer be fined but instead offered counselling and referred to the Health Promotion Board (HPB)
One early case of self-reporting led to counselling rather than prosecution,
