Given the health hazard posed by smoking and the peer pressure on youth to “act cool”, deterrent action, like the Singapore Government’s move to raise the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes, has been implemented by countries around the globe.
On Jan 1 this year, the Republic raised the minimum age for smoking to 21, from 20.
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