It's funny. The criminalisation of vaping will only turn ordinary, otherwise law abiding citizens into criminals. I really want to believe the government is trying to promote a healthier SG, but with the ever rising taxes of tobacco and the illegality of vaping, I find it hard to do so. Most of us were ex-analogers, and we know the harm of cigarettes. Please, we're not dumb. But vaping is a gateway for us to potentially stop or curb our habits.
The criminalisation of vaping would not stop people from vaping, it will only push the community and the industry underground. When it's underground, what becomes threatened are the very lives of the citizens that they are so desperately trying to protect. Illegality festers irresponsible and shoddy quality checks and PVs of such quality can blow up in our faces. Eliquids can contain a fatal concentration of nicotine.
Too bad this country isn't a true democracy. Hong Lin park is a joke, and I doubt that even if the vaping community advocate for the decriminalisation of vaping even with the backing of legitimate, academic and institutionalised data, we would get heard.
Sincerely,
A "Criminal" University Undergraduate