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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: Speakers: Dr Mathew Mathews and Dr Melvin Tay | 24 December 2025
Speaker: Speakers: Dr Justin Lee, Dr Robyn Tan and Ms Liang Kaixin | 24 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Jaclyn L Neo | 20 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Teo Yik Ying | 17 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Lawrence Loh and Florence Leong | 16 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Elvin Xing and Sophy Tio | 11 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Andrew Rose | 8 December 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Daniel Mahadzir | 27 November 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Dr Mathew Mathews | 27 November 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Teo Yik Ying | 19 November 2025