Earlier this month,Five Malaysian men, aged 21 to 51, are assisting the Health Sciences Authority with investigations.sold through chat groups on messaging platform Telegram.
"I think vaping is banned because the authorities can't tax e-cigarettes," claimed Keith, who has been vaping for about five years.He believes vaping is less harmful than smoking.He said such shops are very popular with Singaporeans. There are plans for laws to regulate and tax instead of instituting a ban on the sale of vape liquids containing nicotine, but while this is still being worked out by lawmakers, it has become socially acceptable among many in the community for vapes with nicotine to be sold.In the city centre alone, there are about 30 such shops, of which about half are popular with Singaporeans.The vape shop that ST visited was run by Malaysian couple Shah and his wife.
The mother of two showed ST several vapes with flavours like grape and mango, and others that touted flavours of popular canned drinks.She said she and her husband do not sell vapes in bulk and will not accede to requests for items sold to be packed in a concealed manner.