S$500 fine for illegal Cigarettes

Just calling a spade a spade although the thread starter has filed a complaint against me. It's OK, I am sure smokers hate to be reminded of their addiction. I will keep off the foul language but the message is the same.

Instead of bitching about price increases etc, use this as extra motivatin to stop smoking. And of course never buy contraband.
 
to smoke, is a personal choice. don't we often talk about freedom?

just like when i drive, i don't bitch about the petrol price. when i smoke, i won't to.

i don't hate pple who hate smokers. but i wish for a more peaceful world with lesser extremist. i do my best not to contaminate the rest. peace. :D
 
to smoke, is a personal choice. don't we often talk about freedom?

No offence, but I feel that such a choice is illusory when one is addicted. Nobody choose to be addicted and once addicted, the choice to quit is very limited and constrained. That's Addiction 101.
 
I will keep off the foul language but the message is the same.

Good for you.....Foul language has no place in this forum and if not checked in its infancy could greatly affect the decorum of this forum. Rgds
 
lol... fucking moronic garhmen trying to stop contraband ciggs...... how many can you catch? You catch 1, there are thousands more smoking contraband ciggs if not vape. The more prices increased, the more contraband and especially vapes will flood the local market indirectly enriching the smugglers. Singapore is surrounded by Malaysia, Indonesia, etc... with much cheaper ciggs and vapes. How many containers or vehicles can you check at the customs everyday? How much manpower do you have and is required? The number of seizures at the customs is just a microscopic tip of the iceberg. I estimate out of 100%, the seizure rate is probably much lesser than 0.1% which the smugglers have already taken those seizures as part of the cost of doing business. Still very profitable even after factoring the seizure rates.

If the garhmen is so competent at doing their jobs, will there be a need to send out threatening messages like these in the hope to petrify the public into submission? Go increase prices some more lah kum lan kia....
 
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