20 November 2023
Morning Shot: Why are big tobacco firms playing up reports on illegal vapes and cigarettes?
Did you know that tobacco companies often inflate the figures on illegal cigarette trade?
Perhaps it’s a little challenging to wrap your heads around that - but researchers suggest that it’s actually a ploy to deter governments from raising tobacco taxes.
On this episode of Morning Shot, Dr Yvette van der Eijk, Assistant Professor at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health dives deeper into this contentious issue.
Presented by: Audrey Siek
Produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

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10 March 2023
Why It Matters: Will the tobacco tax increase help to lower smoking prevalence in Singapore?
Cigarettes are now more expensive in Singapore after Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced that tobacco taxes will increase by 15 per cent during Budget 2023.
The latest tax increase is expected to generate an additional S$100 million in revenue each year. But beyond providing a boost to the economy, will the tax increase help to lower the smoking prevalence in Singapore?
Yvette van der Eijk, Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS explains why this tobacco tax model needs to be maintained to make more people kick the habit.

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