workplace vaping Singapore Archives

Workplace Vaping & the New TVCA: A Singapore Employer’s HR Playbook (Effective 1 May 2026)

Over 2,500 people were caught for vaping-related offences in Singapore in the first three months of 2026 alone — and that figure was collected before the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act (TVCA) even came into force. From 1 May 2026, Singapore's workplace vaping landscape changed materially. The TVCA, which replaces and significantly strengthens the old [...]

Workplace Vaping & the New TVCA: A Singapore Employer’s HR Playbook (Effective 1 May 2026)

On 1 May 2026, Singapore's Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 (TVCA) — formerly the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act — took effect in its amended form, bringing vaporisers squarely into the country's strict tobacco-control regime. For Singapore employers, the change is not merely a public-health footnote: it creates explicit legal duties on [...]