The government of the Republic of Singapore has sanctioned a ban on all electronic-cigarettes (effective December 2015) and shisha (effective November 2014). 

The first phase of the ban targets emerging tobacco products currently not available in Singapore. They include smokeless cigars, smokeless cigarillos or smokeless cigarettes, dis-solvable tobacco or nicotine, any product containing nicotine or tobacco that may be used topically for application, by implant or injected into any parts of the body; and any solution or substance where tobacco or nicotine is a constituent, that is intended to be used with an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) or a vaporizer, commonly referred to as e-cigarettes.

To quote Professor Gerry Stimson, of Imperial College London, and Mr Clive Bates, a longstanding tobacco control campaigner, "The ban protects the cigarette trade at the expense of the health of smokers." 

The main reason the government is imposing a ban is because of the inability to tax this form of nicotine/tobacco. Year 2014 recorded Tobacco Tax Excise in Singapore at approximately $1.1 billion dollars. The individual should be allowed to exercise his right to health. Granted, smoking should be discouraged completely due to it's many harmful effects, however, one should have a choice at least in the product they choose to smoke.

I therefore appeal to each reader to consider signing this petition for the sake of the health of those who wish to quit smoking traditional cigarettes by switching to a less-harmful option of electronic-cigarettes or simply for choice.

I hope this petition will garner at least 2000 signatures upon which I will call upon Minister of Heath, Mr Gan Kim Yong to bring this up when parliament is in session. This would then be considered a valid survey/petition. Failure to garner this number of signatures will result in the ban becoming a rule of law.

One of the only health risks associated with electronic-cigarette smoking is nicotine as compared to the thousands of harmful, cancer causing 'ingredients' of a cigarette. One should not be penalized simply because the government is more concerned with monetary taxation dollars rather than the health of it's citizens.