The Health Minister also believes that cigarettes would be banned if they were introduced today, given current knowledge of their harmful effects. SINGAPORE: Singapore's intensified crackdown on vaping is unlikely to result in more youths choosing to smoke cigarettes instead, Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung said on Saturday (Aug 30). Asked if that might happen, he pointed to falling smoking rates: The latest National Population Health Survey showed that the prevalence of daily smoking in