[CONSOLIDATED] Singapore's Vaping Crisis. CNB, HSA monitoring situation

[deathan9el]

how did the accident even happened?

 

[maikichai]

just train some dogs to smell vape signature, better than any million dollar equipment

 

[inmyopinion]

So many idiots went to JB to buy .

Need to implement jail term + caning.

Long term , affecting healthcare.

 

[Lifetime warranty]

Cant get testers? Serious a not? It just a common flu lor

 

[Applephilic]

How fast he gg

 

[orpisia]

The scumbag cares more about police discovering the vapes than his dead female passenger.

Born lousy character

 

[nsxr99]

US got fentanyl problem. Singapore got vaping problem.

thailand and malaysia kids vaping everyday easily lolol

 

[人造人16 号]

Need to have more severe sentence for smuggling vapes as deterrence. Maybe death sentence or at least canning + life sentence.

See who still dare to smuggle

 

[niefeng80]

Need to have more severe sentence for smuggling vapes as deterrence. Maybe death sentence or at least canning + life sentence.

See who still dare to smuggle

currently like $10k fine if normal vapes.

but if got the kpod, I think more serious.

 

[dambio]

Side note:

Wah got bounty of SGD500 to find the psycho cat killer liao

Time to be a bounty hunter help meow meow 报仇！

Cctv cannot catch?

 

[dambio]

Seems like nowadays some vehicle accidents. Later you'll find illegal things in their vehicles.

 

[KakiMeow]

dio stunnded ...

... it say the guy ignore the deading girl

butch ask his fren faster cum ...

... to run road wif the vaps

 

[N4E.SI]

Stupiak cheongster... ownself bang ownself into bus

 

[PrinceY]

Really a lot of 案中案.. Recently got one also park haphazardly and found drugs in car right??

Poor deceased, don’t know is accomplice, friend or girlfriend.. This guy is not worth it, but am sure girls flock to him rather than bbfa

 

[yperic]

More than 17,900 persons were caught for vape possession and use over a 15-month period.

15 identified & fined for posting vaping content on social media from Jan 2024 to March 2025​

As the crackdown on vaping continues in Singapore, online content has not been spared, with 15 people fined in Singapore for posting vaping content on social media.

In a joint press release on Friday (16 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said more than 6,800 vape-related listings have been removed.

Source: Health Sciences Authority

Social media vaping content was in the form of photos & videos​

The 15 people who were issued fines had posted photographs or videos of e-vaporisers — AKA vapes — on their social media accounts, MOH and HSA said.

Source: Health Sciences Authority

This took place during a period of 15 months from Jan 2024 to March 2025.

10 of them had posted the content in the past two quarters (from Oct 2024 to March 2025).

Source: Health Sciences Authority

All of them have been identified and fined.

More than double the number of vape-related listings removed​

Online listings of vapes and related components are also being taken down, as part of HSA’s closer collaboration with local e-commerce and social media platforms.

More than 6,800 listings have so far been removed between Jan 2024 and March 2025.

This figure is more than double that of 2023, when 3,100 vape-related listings were taken down.

Source: Health Sciences Authority

60 people prosecuted for selling vapes​

In the same period, HSA seized more than S$41 million worth of vapes and components and conducted 50 successful raids against syndicates.

17,900 individuals were nabbed for possessing and using vapes, with the statement attributing this to the “stepped-up, multi-agency enforcement efforts”.

During this time, 60 people were prosecuted for selling vapes. They are aged between 17 and 43.

Two of them, Ivan Sin Poh Meng and Toh Wee Leong, were identified as “key persons” in a syndicate involving over S$5 million worth of vapes.

They were sentenced to 10 months in prison each, with Sin fined S$16,000 and Toh fined S$14,000, with MOH and HSA adding:

These were the highest sentences to date for the smuggling of e-vaporisers.

Source: Health Sciences Authority

Separately, another key figure of a syndicate was nabbed in Oct 2024, with investigations ongoing. They are linked to a case of more than S$6.5 million worth of vapes.

27 prosecuted for failing to pay composition fines​

27 more offenders were also prosecuted in court for failing to pay their composition fines.

They comprised 20 men and seven women between 20 and 46.

Source: Health Sciences Authority

Offenders who failed to pay their fines in a timely manner were penalised with higher fines and/or prison sentences.

101 people caught with vapes at Singapore’s checkpoints​

At Singapore’s land, sea and air checkpoints, more than 20,800 travellers were checked for vapes between Jan 2024 and March 2025.

This was the result of joint operations between HSA and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to deter and detect attempts to smuggle vapes into Singapore.

Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority

During these operations, 101 people were caught in possession of vapes.

ICA also nabbed 91 people attempting to smuggle vapes and referred them to HSA.

Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Facebook

2,600 students referred to HSA for vaping​

The authorities also stepped up anti-vaping preventive education in schools and institutes of higher learning.

About 2,600 students were referred to HSA for vaping from Jan 2024 to March 2025.

In the same period, almost 1,800 youths received smoking and vaping cessation counselling.

At the same time, almost 118,500 students were engaged through various activities to raise awareness about the harms of vaping.

Public reminded of vaping offences​

MOH and HSA reminded the public that it is an offence to import, distribute, sell or offer for sale vapes and their components.

Those caught vaping should also pay their fines before the due date of their notices or face harsher consequences if prosecuted in court.

Members of the public who have information on vape-related offences can contact HSA’s Tobacco Regulation Branch at 6684 2036 or 6684 2037 during weekday office hours.

A summary of the results of the intensified enforcement action against vaping is as follows:

Source: Health Sciences Authority

Featured image adapted from Health Sciences Authority.

 

[touchring1]

Actually, how to know what's inside the vape? Maybe got fentanly or cannabis?

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s...s-days-after-warning-others-to-kick-the-habit

The Straits Times​

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Mr Mohd Radzi Mustaffa said he picked up vaping to manage work-related stress, but it eventually left him with a weak heart.

straitstimes.com
Haunting last words: Ailing Malaysian vaper dies days after warning others to kick the habit
He is seen in a TikTok video holding a surgical bag containing abscess fluid drained from his lungs. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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[buttbERry]

definitely need more enforcement

 

[Pearce]

A woman in Malaysia was filmed reacting like a "zombie" after smoking an e-cigarette known as "Piao Piao".

A man, purported to be her ex-boyfriend, uploaded a video of the woman twitching uncontrollably as her eyes rolled back.

Twitching and convulsing​

In the video, the lady also appeared to have difficulty breathing, as her eyes rolled back and her mouth hung open.

She leaned against the wall for support and eventually convulsed on the floor.

https://mothership.sg/2025/05/malay...HyIVARMsq_HMeEpbqA_aem_bY6GbrTWlfuGyC6hWNVSGQ

https://www.facebook.com/reel/660670123618222

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1027486239435147

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Hai, don't know why go and harm own body

 

[popdod]

Ownself sabo ownself.
blame who?

 

[ribena.bing]

all those edmwers that say vape is safer than smoking...

liplai...

lol. hard to regulate and make sure the vape is not adulterated with ridiculous additives at insane amounts ...

oh. and needs to be hygienic too. the slave worker need to wash hands after pangsai and pcc ..