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

[Witch King]

Because smokers are stupid. And govt is retarded to enact harsher regulations

 

[fandango]

ah gui is jin confused

now is 2025 right?

Gibe you chan. End this year no chan liao. Jitao whack you 9696 once caught.

 

[yperic]

‘I’ve tried everything’: Mum helpless as son’s Kpod addiction spirals out of control

Madam Tan (not her real name) is hoping for stronger intervention and a coordinated effort by the various government agencies to help youth like her son. PHOTO: ST FILE

• Madam Tan's son developed a vaping addiction in secondary school affecting his health and school attendance, causing aggressive behaviour.
• Despite efforts from agencies and counselling, including reporting to the police, her son continues to vape.
• Madam Tan feels helpless and believes compulsory rehabilitation is needed, as she cannot control her son's addiction.

SINGAPORE – Since discovering that her son had started vaping last September, Madam Tan (not her real name) has tried every possible avenue to help him break free from his Kpod addiction.

But after being bounced between agencies, she feels helpless and increasingly desperate.

“I’ve sought help from all the agencies, but no one is able to help me.”

Madam Tan said her son picked up vaping in secondary school, just before sitting his O levels in 2024. He is now an 18-year-old student at the Institute of Technical Education.

“Now he walks like a zombie, and has no control of his body. When I call him, his response is slow. He’s got no muscle at all and his body has become very weak,” she said.

Unable to wake up in the mornings, her son has missed many days of school.

When Madam Tan and her husband, both in their 50s, try to confront the teen about his vaping and confiscate his devices, he gets aggressive and at times has run away from home.

“Tonight I confiscate; tomorrow he has a new vape. It’s too easy to get vapes nowadays,” she said.

At her wits’ end, she has called the authorities at least 10 times, sometimes at midnight, when she finds her son defiantly vaping at home. But the most they could do was to confiscate the vapes, along with issuing fines or a warning.

She asked if any agency could conduct an investigation and locate the vape distributor or seller, but was told that was not possible.

“I said, please investigate my son. It’s not so difficult to switch on his phone, check the chats and find out who is the seller. Why can’t (anyone) help us to do this thing?”

Earlier in 2025, her son was caught by the police in possession of Kpods, which are etomidate-laced vapes.

Madam Tan was relieved when her son had to report to Bedok Police Station every week for a month after that, and undergo drug tests on his hair and urine. Even so, he was using Kpods at home during that period.

He also saw doctors thrice this year at the National Addictions Management Service clinic at the Institute of Mental Health for his Kpod addiction.

She also informed her son’s teachers that he was using Kpods and urged them to conduct bag checks. But he has yet to be caught.

Running out of options, she sought help from two MPs at three Meet-the-People Sessions. She was referred to a counsellor, but her son refused help.

She also spent a few thousand dollars engaging a private rehabilitation centre to help her son, but that failed too.


Madam Tan is hoping for stronger intervention and a coordinated effort by the various government agencies to help youth like her son who are Kpod addicts, before it is too late.

“There’s no way for them to quit by themselves. We have to come up with something, like compulsory rehab for these kids,” she said.

“It is out of my hands. There is no way now for me to control my son and help him.”

 

[Visor9999]

I once saw students in sch uni vaping. Dont want to name the sch but ya, is lousy sch

It’s normal. I always see youngsters vaping everywhere

 

[SkyNinja]

Basically how many types of vaping cartridges out in the market?

1) addiction or make u high
2) Epitome drug that make you look Zombie?

 

[Kwein]

my office got staff vape in office somemore must report one day


Read HWZ Forum Rules!

 

[SkyNinja]

‘I’ve tried everything’: Mum helpless as son’s Kpod addiction spirals out of control

Madam Tan (not her real name) is hoping for stronger intervention and a coordinated effort by the various government agencies to help youth like her son. PHOTO: ST FILE

• Madam Tan's son developed a vaping addiction in secondary school affecting his health and school attendance, causing aggressive behaviour.
• Despite efforts from agencies and counselling, including reporting to the police, her son continues to vape.
• Madam Tan feels helpless and believes compulsory rehabilitation is needed, as she cannot control her son's addiction.

SINGAPORE – Since discovering that her son had started vaping last September, Madam Tan (not her real name) has tried every possible avenue to help him break free from his Kpod addiction.

But after being bounced between agencies, she feels helpless and increasingly desperate.

“I’ve sought help from all the agencies, but no one is able to help me.”

Madam Tan said her son picked up vaping in secondary school, just before sitting his O levels in 2024. He is now an 18-year-old student at the Institute of Technical Education.

“Now he walks like a zombie, and has no control of his body. When I call him, his response is slow. He’s got no muscle at all and his body has become very weak,” she said.

Unable to wake up in the mornings, her son has missed many days of school.

When Madam Tan and her husband, both in their 50s, try to confront the teen about his vaping and confiscate his devices, he gets aggressive and at times has run away from home.

“Tonight I confiscate; tomorrow he has a new vape. It’s too easy to get vapes nowadays,” she said.

At her wits’ end, she has called the authorities at least 10 times, sometimes at midnight, when she finds her son defiantly vaping at home. But the most they could do was to confiscate the vapes, along with issuing fines or a warning.

She asked if any agency could conduct an investigation and locate the vape distributor or seller, but was told that was not possible.

“I said, please investigate my son. It’s not so difficult to switch on his phone, check the chats and find out who is the seller. Why can’t (anyone) help us to do this thing?”

Earlier in 2025, her son was caught by the police in possession of Kpods, which are etomidate-laced vapes.

Madam Tan was relieved when her son had to report to Bedok Police Station every week for a month after that, and undergo drug tests on his hair and urine. Even so, he was using Kpods at home during that period.

He also saw doctors thrice this year at the National Addictions Management Service clinic at the Institute of Mental Health for his Kpod addiction.

She also informed her son’s teachers that he was using Kpods and urged them to conduct bag checks. But he has yet to be caught.

Running out of options, she sought help from two MPs at three Meet-the-People Sessions. She was referred to a counsellor, but her son refused help.

She also spent a few thousand dollars engaging a private rehabilitation centre to help her son, but that failed too.


Madam Tan is hoping for stronger intervention and a coordinated effort by the various government agencies to help youth like her son who are Kpod addicts, before it is too late.

“There’s no way for them to quit by themselves. We have to come up with something, like compulsory rehab for these kids,” she said.

“It is out of my hands. There is no way now for me to control my son and help him.”

She asked if any agency could conduct an investigation and locate the vape distributor or seller, but was told that was not possible.

“I said, please investigate my son. It’s not so difficult to switch on his phone, check the chats and find out who is the seller. Why can’t (anyone) help us to do this thing?”

Police won't help unless it is legalised as a criminal offence.

 

[snowblaze]

This whole vaping matter is a very good example of what happened when you do not implement harsh punishment and just be passive and monitor and trust the citizens know what’s best for themselves.

I also think Todays vaping scene is a good example of what would have happened to drugs in our kids lives, if we had not dealt death sentence for drugs.

 

[articland05]

LKY is always right
4G govt become soft liao

 

[Flexamoria]

If the father also vape, wife worry?

 

[enimen]

If do hard caning on the child while he's high on vape can anot?

 

[Chalkycliffs]

This whole vaping matter is a very good example of what happened when you do not implement harsh punishment and just be passive and monitor and trust the citizens know what’s best for themselves.

I also think Todays vaping scene is a good example of what would have happened to drugs in our kids lives, if we had not dealt death sentence for drugs.

Waiting for the drug supporters to complain they only target the small fry, why never catch the masterminds...

 

[niefeng80]

This whole vaping matter is a very good example of what happened when you do not implement harsh punishment and just be passive and monitor and trust the citizens know what’s best for themselves.

I also think Todays vaping scene is a good example of what would have happened to drugs in our kids lives, if we had not dealt death sentence for drugs.

Its true.

Everything is wait and wait and monitor and monitor.

 

[articland05]

If the father also vape, wife worry?

best is whole fam vape
everyone objective aligned
then nobody need to worry

 

[MichealScott]

I personally feel that e-ciggs by themselves are ok. thats why the western world encourages it. look at UK where they set up vape shops in hospitals. It is when they are mixed / laced with drugs then becomes a problem. All the society / health issues revealed with vapes up till now are those laced with drugs.

 

[FORSTA]

Some still believe that the blind advancement of technology is inherently good for humanity and the environment. But without traditional values to keep its misuse in check, technology can easily become a tool for harm. In Singapore, we’re already seeing the consequences—many parents continue to give their children unrestricted access to smart devices, exposing them to harmful content and negative influences online. It's no surprise that more youths are now abusing vapes laced with drugs. The underlying problem isn't the vape itself, there will always be newer harder to detect substance being introduced, without stronger moral foundations and parental guidance, it's only a matter of time before society slips into deeper chaos.

 

[Mr BBFA]

I personally feel that e-ciggs by themselves are ok. thats why the western world encourages it. look at UK where they set up vape shops in hospitals. It is when they are mixed / laced with drugs then becomes a problem. All the society / health issues revealed with vapes up till now are those laced with drugs.

Exactly this. Normal cig people mix the tobacco with other drugs is also bad. Same

 

[Pyromaster]

The more its frowned upon and illegal stamping out, the more ppl will vape

 

[cyke69sg]

The more its frowned upon and illegal stamping out, the more ppl will vape

By that logic should have even more Fentanyl Heroin Cocaine and Methamphetamine users then.

 

[yperic]