Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) and Other Matters Bill

"to amend the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993 to enhance the controls relating to tobacco products, vaporisers and imitation tobacco products, to control the consumption of certain psychoactive substances, to provide for the treatment and rehabilitation of certain persons, to make saving and transitional provisions when these psychoactive substances cease to be controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, to amend the Poisons Act 1938 and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts",

presented by the Senior Minister of State for Health (Dr Koh Poh Koon) on behalf of the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health; read the First time; to be read a Second time after the conclusion of proceedings on the Estimates of Expenditure for FY2026/27.

Mr Speaker: So be it. Order. I propose to take a break now. I suspend the Sitting and will take the Chair at 3.30 pm. Order, Order.

Sitting accordingly suspended

at 3.04 pm until 3.30 pm.

Sitting resumed 3.30 pm.

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]