Update on Smoking Cessation Programmes and Persons Caught Possessing E-cigarettes and Related Accessories at Causeway Checkpoints

29 Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health (a) what percentage of the participants of the smoking cessation programmes are able to successfully quit smoking; (b) whether these programmes have the long-term goal of encouraging smokers and vapers to adopt healthier coping methods; and (c) whether there are penalties for those who have been vaping illegally, but wish to seek professional help to quit.

30 Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health (a) since January 2022, how many persons have been caught having e-cigarettes and related accessories in their possession when clearing customs in Singapore at the Causeway checkpoints; and (b) what measures will the Ministry take to increase detection and prevent such imitation tobacco products from being brought into Singapore.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: These questions have been addressed by the reply to Question No 74 in the Written Answers to Questions for Oral Answer Not Answered by End of Question Time section for the Sitting on 9 May 2022.