NGO critical of Singapore's vape approach is 'paid mouthpiece' for tobacco industry: Shanmugam скачать в хорошем качестве

NGO critical of Singapore's vape approach is 'paid mouthpiece' for tobacco industry: Shanmugam

Organisations and activists pushing for vaping to be allowed in Singapore are usually made by companies which profit from legalisation, said Home Affairs K Shanmugam at an interview on Saturday (Aug 30). "They say these ESDs (electronic smoking devices) electronic way of passing on nicotine is a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes. This is a kind of snake oil that these organisations peddle and they avoid saying it's harmful in itself," said Mr Shanmugam. He also spoke at length on why Singapore does not take a harm reduction approach - reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions - and urged Singaporeans to "not be colonised in the mind" and to look at the evidence. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms:   / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia