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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: Prof Teo Yik Ying | 14 January 2026
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Speaker: Speaker: Adjunct Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho | 4 January 2026
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