The Singapore government's assault on smokers, big tobacco and pretty much anything considered socially undesirable rolls ever forward. The Health Promotion Board (HPB), the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) are thinking of raising the minimum age of smoking from 18 to 21, among other proposed measures.
Right now, they're really chuffed that Singapore's smoking rate of 13.3 percent is among the lowest in the world and they want to reduce it even further to 12 percent by 2020.
As such, they're thinking of rolling out a couple of measures that could possibly cut down the prevalence, and they'll be holding a public consultation from Dec 29 to Mar 29 to seek your views.