MEASURES AGAINST PROHIBITED TOBACCO PRODUCTS

NOTICE PAPER NO. 13

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Miss Rachel Ong

MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC

Question No. 92

To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Government has intercepted illegal purchases of nicotine pouches or snus (powdered smokeless tobacco) via the SnusAsia website that specifies its sale to Singapore; (b) if so, how many of such pouches have been intercepted to date; and (c) what measures are in place to control access to nicotine pouches or snus in Singapore, especially by our youths.

Answer

          HSA has not detected any cases where prohibited tobacco products were purchased from SnusAsia website and shipped to Singapore. HSA is working with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to block SnusAsia website as it is in breach of the ban on tobacco advertisements under Tobacco (Control of Advertisement and Sales) Act.

2        The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) monitors the online sale of prohibited tobacco products closely, and collaborates with IMDA, local e-commerce and social media platforms to take down online listings that are selling these products to Singapore. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) detects and seizes illegal imports of prohibited tobacco products at the checkpoints.