said Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon in Parliament on Tuesday .and will look at how it implements the ban, its effectiveness, and how its experience could be applicable here.
He added that despite the outright ban on e-cigarettes in Singapore, they have found their way here through e-commerce. It will also continue to enhance its approach to tobacco control, through public education, provision of smoking cessation services, legislation and taxation, he added.The smoking prevalence rates in Singapore continue to fall, dropping from 11.8 per cent in 2017 to 10.1 per cent in 2020.
"With inflation and income increases, the tax burden gets eroded over time, and we will continue to work with the Ministry of Finance to review the tobacco tax rate," he said.
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