Contraband Cigarettes

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ContrabandCigarettes

• Paying the Price

By NPCC Area 7
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Objectives

• Create greater awareness about contraband
  cigarettes
• Encourage to quit smoking
• Deter others to pick up the addictive puff

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Overview

• MAJOR health threats
• Cheaper alternatives
• ?Cool?
• Relaxing?
• ?Gain admiration?
• ?More mature?

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• Scene 1
• To Smoke or
• Not To Smoke

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Why are contraband cigarettes popular?

• Evade taxes
• No SDPC marking
• Cheaper
• May be forced to sell as
• young smokers are in debt

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• Penalties
• Jailed
• Fined
• Under 18 years old, fined up to 300
• Fined up to 1000/ hefty composition sums of up
  to 5000
• Both jailed and fined
• Vehicle used is forfeited

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Harmful Effects

• Major health threat
• Full of harmful chemicals and substances
• Contraband cigarettes contain more harmful
  content like saw dust
• Very high tar content

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Harmful Effects

• Amputation of Limbs
• Heart Palpitation cum Breathing Difficulties
• Lung Cancer
• DEATH

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• Scene 2
• What if ?

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• Scene 3
• Busted !

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• Scene 4
• Law and Order

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Measures Taken

• All duty-paid cigarettes marked with SDPC
• Intensified its island-wide operations
• Spread awareness via regular talks and road shows
• Increase fines
• HPB Intervention Programme
• Revised guidelines
• Provide details on underage smoking sales to
  underage activities

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• Scene 5
• Paying the Price

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Personal Observations
Contraband cigarette is popular among teenagers
as it is the cheaper option. The authorities
should use media to their advantage and spread
the message, so that teenagers would think twice
before buying it. Shi Qi
Its sad to see the teenagers smoke using their
parents hard earned money. Ill do my part by
dissuading my peers pick up smoking, let alone
puffing duty-unpaid cigarettes. Yi Ping
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Personal Observations
Many teenagers have been misled into believing
that smoking would not affect their health. I
would like to see more educational talks in
school to address this ignorance. Ill play my
part to spread the message to my loved ones. I
would also like to suggest Singapore invest in
research on anti-nicotine drug or vaccine, making
smokers lose their addiction. Hong Swee
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Personal Observations
I feel that one of the reasons is low
self-esteem. A lack of social support from their
loved ones tends to create stress on an
individual. Perhaps, they find that smoking is
the only resort to relieve stress. We should
encourage our friends to have a healthy and
active lifestyle. I also wish that parents can be
a role models and quit smoking. Melissa
I think one should quit smoking whether its for
the sake of himself or loved ones. We need to
teach the younger ones how harmful smoking can be
and what the consequences will be when they
caught smoking. Sim Ning
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ContrabandCigarettes

• Paying the Price

Thank you ?