Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Enforcement on Smoking-related Offences by Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment

26 JUL 2021

Mr Liang Eng Hwa: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) what is the current number of NEA enforcement officers who carry out surveillances and enforcements on smoking related offences; (b) what is the average number of complaints related to smoking received each month; and (c) what is the average number of smoking related enforcements meted out.

Answer:

1 National Environment Agency (NEA) enforcement officers carry out surveillance and enforcement operations on a range of public health offences such as littering and spitting, in addition to smoking in prohibited places.

2 In 2020, NEA received a monthly average of 3,100 instances of feedback related to smoking and issued 1,500 tickets monthly for smoking in prohibited places.