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Dec 23, 2009
13 warned, fined over e-cigs
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E-cigarettes like this one can be charged using a USB port, such as on a laptop. When it is charged, the stainless steel tube can be removed and "smoked". --ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
THERE is no smoke and no fire but an e-cigarette is still a cigarette, says the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). So far this year, it has smoked out 13 people for bringing in and selling the much-hyped e-cigarette, touted as a 'healthy' way to beat rising cigarette prices and a widening ban on smoking here. Last year's numbers are unavailable as cases started appearing late last year.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Dec 23, 2009
13 warned, fined over e-cigs
<!-- by line --> By Teh Joo Lin
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E-cigarettes like this one can be charged using a USB port, such as on a laptop. When it is charged, the stainless steel tube can be removed and "smoked". --ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
THERE is no smoke and no fire but an e-cigarette is still a cigarette, says the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). So far this year, it has smoked out 13 people for bringing in and selling the much-hyped e-cigarette, touted as a 'healthy' way to beat rising cigarette prices and a widening ban on smoking here. Last year's numbers are unavailable as cases started appearing late last year.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
