Number of Youths Caught after Legal Smoking Age Was Raised to 21 Last Year

92 Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health (a) since the minimum legal smoking age was raised to 21 last year, how many youths have been caught smoking illegally; (b) what support did they receive to quit smoking; and (c) following New Zealand's move to ban smoking for future generations, whether the Ministry will reconsider the tobacco-free generation proposal with the goal of eliminating smoking in future generations of Singaporeans.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: This question will be answered by my reply to Dr Lim Wee Kiak and Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang for the next Sitting. [Please refer to "Number of Singaporeans Who Have Given Up Smoking in Past Two Years and Proposal to Consider Total Ban on Sale of Tobacco Products", Official Report, 11 January 2022, Vol 95, Issue 45, Oral Answers to Questions section.]