date:Feb 12, 2019
en brought down in the past with measures like banning smoking in certain public places, restricting tobacco advertising and imposing taxes, the decline has been harder to sustain in recent years, said Mr Tong.
The smoking rates have been fluctuating between 12 per cent and 14 per cent in the last 10 years, with no clear pattern of continuous decline, he added.
Clearly, we need to do more to stem tobacco use among Singaporeans, with a view to denormalising the use of tobacco products and bri