Ang Mo Kio shop gets tobacco licence revoked for selling to minor
Photo: Health Sciences Authority
SINGAPORE — A shop in Ang Mo Kio will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products after it was caught selling these products to a 14-year-old in a school uniform, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said.
Five other retailers found selling tobacco products to minors under the age of 18 will have their tobacco retail licences suspended for six months.
The shop that had its licence revoked is Song Hui Kiosk, while the five other first-time offenders are: Shivaranjani Minimart, 26 Foodloft, Al Kaaba Mini-Mart, Sin Hup Lee Store, and O A Jalil.
The errant retailers were caught via the HSA’s ground surveillance and enforcement activities, the authority said in a statement on Tuesday (July 5). From 2013 to date, the HSA has suspended 32 tobacco retail licences and revoked 22.
Under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, anyone convicted of selling tobacco products to persons below the age of 18 may be fined up to S$5,000 for the first offence, and up to S$10,000 for the second or subsequent offence.
The tobacco retail licence will also be suspended for six months for the first offence and revoked for the second offence.
However, any outlet found selling tobacco products to those under the age of 18 in school uniform or those below the age of 12, will have its licence revoked, even at the first offence.
Any person who commits an offence of selling tobacco to a person under 18 years old will not be eligible to apply for a tobacco retail licence.
If convicted of buying or acquiring any tobacco product for someone below the age of 18, a person may be fined up to S$2,500 for the first offence and up to S$5,000 for the second or subsequent offence.
Similarly, anyone caught giving or furnishing any tobacco product to a person below the age of 18 may be fined up to S$500 for the first offence and up to S$1,000 for the second or subsequent offence. From 2013 to May this year, 54 individuals have been caught for such offences.
BUSTED: RETAILERS SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO UNDERAGED CUSTOMERS
Song Hui Kiosk
Blk 562 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 #01-3494 Singapore 650562
Revocation (April 8, 2016 onwards)
Shivaranjani Minimart
Blk 416 Pasir Ris Drive 6 #01-K1 Singapore 510416
Suspension (June 10 to Dec 9, 2016)
26 Foodloft
Blk 26 Jalan Membina #01-10 Singapore 161026
Suspension (June 10 to Dec 9, 2016)
Al Kaaba Mini-Mart
Blk 391 Yishun Avenue 6 #01-K1 Singapore 760391
Suspension (June 10 to Dec 9, 2016)
Sin Hup Lee Store
Blk 111 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-1698 Singapore 160111
Suspension (June 10 to Dec 9, 2016)
O A Jalil
Blk 19 Hougang Avenue 3 #01-185 Singapore 530019
Suspension (June 10 to Dec 9, 2016)
