S1E12: Just how hard is it to stub out smoking? (Pt 2)

The Straits Times Podcasts

Synopsis: Every second and fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times' Insight editor Grace Ho takes a hard look at political and social issues of the day with her expert guests.

In this episode, she looks at how the tobacco-free generation (TFG) approach - which proposes to ban the sale of tobacco to people born after a certain year - can reduce smoking prevalence.

In the studio to explain what this means, and whether it can be achieved in Singapore, is Emeritus Professor Jon Berrick of Yale-NUS College. He’s also an Honorary Professor at University of Sydney, and an Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University.

Highlights (click/tap above):

2:50 Why raising the minimum legal age for smoking is not enough

6:03 The countries where TFG has been carried out

8:00 Remaining gaps in these countries' efforts to carry out TFG

9:50 What TFG in Singapore could look like

11:15 Legal challenges mounted by the tobacco industry and their impact on governments' ability to stub out smoking

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Bölümler

1. Just how hard is it to stub out smoking? (Pt 2) (00:00:00)

2. Why raising the MLA for smoking is not enough (00:02:50)

3. Countries where TFG has been carried out (00:06:03)

4. Remaining gaps in these countries' efforts (00:08:00)

5. What TFG in Singapore could look like (00:09:50)

6. Challenges mounted by the tobacco industry (00:11:15)