date:Dec 29, 2018
21 years old a year later.
Raising the MLA (minimum legal age) is part of the Ministry of Health (MOH)s ongoing efforts to enhance public health and reduce smoking prevalence in Singapore, MOH said in a press release on Friday (Dec 28).
It aims to prevent youth from picking up smoking by limiting access to tobacco products, and to further de-normalise smoking particularly for those below 21.
Retailers who sell any tobacco products to a person below the minimum legal age could be fined up to