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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: Asst Prof Tan-Soo Jie-Sheng | 27 August 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Ben Chester Cheong | 25 August 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Professor Teo Yik Ying | 18 August 2026
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Speaker: Speaker: Professor Andrew Delios | 11 August 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Mr Zach Lee | 4 August 2026
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Woo Jun Jie | 3 August 2026
Speaker: Speakers: Associate Professor Alberto Salvo, Associate Professor Timothy Wong and Mr Zhihao Han | 30 July 2026
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