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Subsidies for Purchase of Smoking Cessation Aids

Debated in Parliament on 10 Jan 2022.

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Darryl David asked whether the Ministry of Health provides subsidies for individuals to purchase smoking cessation aids.
Ong Ye Kung deferred the answer to a later reply, referencing a prior parliamentary discussion on smoking cessation and a proposal to ban tobacco sales.

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Darryl David

#1

Mr Darryl David asked the Minister for Health whether the Ministry provides any subsidies for individuals to purchase smoking cessation aids.

Ong Ye Kung

#2

This question will be answered by my reply to Dr Lim Wee Kiak and Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang for the next Sitting. [Please refer to "Number of Singaporeans Who Have Given Up Smoking in Past Two Years and Proposal to Consider Total Ban on Sale of Tobacco Products", Official Report, 11 January 2022, Vol 95, Issue 45, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

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Darryl David asked whether the Ministry of Health provides subsidies for individuals to purchase smoking cessation aids.
Ong Ye Kung deferred the answer to a later reply, referencing a prior parliamentary discussion on smoking cessation and a proposal to ban tobacco sales.

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