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Speaker: Prof Teo Yik Ying 4 Sep 2025
Singapore is facing an “etomidate crisis”. In recent months, authorities have seized thousands of illicit vapes, with lab tests revealing that about one in three were laced with etomidate - prompting its classification as a controlled substance and the introduction of strict penalties for traffickers. Prof Teo Yik Ying, Vice-President for Global Health and Dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, remarks that long-term harms of vaping are only beginning to emerge, but already show links to chronic lung diseases.
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Speaker: Speaker: By Ben Chester Cheong | 19 March 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Prof Johan Sulaeman | 12 March 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Prof Teo Yik Ying | 9 March 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Prof Sing Tien Foo and Norman Han | 5 March 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Prof John Wang | 5 March 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Prof Hsu Li Yang | 27 February 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Assoc Prof Carol Soon and Hannah Nor’hisham | 25 February 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Dr Daniel Chan | 21 February 2026
Speaker: Speaker: By Dr Laurel Teo | 17 February 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Simon Chesterman | 16 February 2026