Vaping: The Invisible Crisis

HPB will also be given a breakdown of the students' progress and number of completed sessions.

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HPB oversees national health promotion and education programmes including the vaping and smoking cessation programme I Quit, and other initiatives for workplaces, schools and the wider community.

The Straits Times has contacted HPB for comment.

The tender closes on Aug 1, with the delivery date of the services expected on Sept 1.

In 2024, there were 2,000 cases of students reported for possessing or using e-vaporisers. This is up from 800 cases in 2022, and 900 cases in 2023.

The figures included those from institutes of higher learning.

Teachers in primary and secondary schools said they were seeing more students sneaking around with vapes, which can be disassembled and easily concealed, on school grounds.