HSA nabs man who sold e-vaporisers to students

  • 📰 straits_times
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 37 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 69%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

Some $11,000 worth of prohibited items were seized from his workplace at a mall and his residence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - A 36-year-old man has been nabbed for allegedly selling prohibited electronic vaporisers to students, and is currently assisting the Health Sciences Authority in investigations.

It then conducted an operation at a retail outlet in West Mall and a residence in Tampines, and caught the man. In its statement, the HSA warned that it “will not hesitate to take stern enforcement actions on those who conduct illegal activities such as the peddling of prohibited e-vaporisers to the general public, especially to youths and students”.

In 2022, 4,916 people were caught for the offence, which comes with a fine not exceeding $2,000, compared with 1,266 in 2020, andThe Tobacco Act prohibits the import, distribution, sale or offer for sale of imitation tobacco products. These include shisha tobacco, smokeless tobacco, chewing tobacco such as Gutkha, Khaini, Zarda, e-vaporisers and their components.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Should Life imprison sellers and smokers of vape.

Is E bad?

Any act that endangers minors should carry the harshest punishment.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

36-year-old man nabbed for selling e-vaporisers to students at West Mall retail outletSINGAPORE — A 36-year-old man who peddled electronic vaporisers, or e-vaporisers, to students at a retail outlet in a neighbourhood shopping mall was nabbed earlier this month, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Schoolkids lost third of a year's learning to COVID-19 pandemic: StudyPARIS: School-aged students lost more than a third of a year's worth of learning early on in the pandemic and have still not caught up, posing 'a real problem for this generation', researchers warned on Monday (Jan 30). The COVID-19 pandemic caused one of history's greatest disruptions to education, with 9
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

$11.8m in cold, hard cash: Chinese company gives employees hefty bonuses using 'mountain of money'We've heard of companies rewarding employees with massive bonuses, but giving out the money in cold, hard cash? In China, employees recently took turns to go on stage and collect their year-end bonus from a two-metre-tall 'mountain' containing 61 million yuan (S$11.8 million) worth of banknotes. This was the scene of a viral video posted on Jan 17, which has...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

'I never imagined a human being could be so evil': 70-year-old cleaner delays retirement after losing $40k life savingsSINGAPORE – She was close to retirement when she was cheated of her life savings worth $40,000 in April 2021. Instead of enjoying her golden years, Madam Lim (not her real name), 70, who lives alone in a one-room Housing Board flat in Khatib, has had to continue working as an office cleaner to make ends meet. The divorcee works... believe it
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

36-year-old man nabbed for selling e-vaporisers to students at West Mall retail outletSINGAPORE — A 36-year-old man who peddled electronic vaporisers, or e-vaporisers, to students at a retail outlet in a neighbourhood shopping mall was nabbed earlier this month, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Indonesia finds local trader forged ingredient label in probe of cough syrup deathsJAKARTA: Indonesian police said on Monday (Jan 30) a local trader of industrial-grade chemicals sold them as pharmaceutical-grade, leading to their use in medicated syrups that authorities suspect may have
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »