Singapore legislation
Clause 14
of Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Bill
Clause 14
Prohibition on importation and sale of harmful tobacco products
(1)
No person shall import, sell or offer for sale —
any chewing tobacco; or
such other tobacco product intended, labelled or described as suitable for inhaling, chewing or any oral use other than smoking as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
(2)
No person shall import, sell or offer for sale any cigarette containing —
a yield of more than 1.3 mg (or such other minimum amount as the Minister may by order prescribe) of nicotine per cigarette; or
a yield of more than 15.0 mg (or such other minimum amount as the Minister may by order prescribe) of tar (nicotine free smoke condensate) per cigarette.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to the importation of any tobacco product which is intended for re-export.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (2), “cigarette” means any product which consists in whole or in part of cut, shredded or manufactured tobacco, or any tobacco derivative or substitute, rolled up in paper, tobacco leaf or other material and which is in such form as to be capable of immediate use for smoking.
(5)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.