Vaping in Singapore Essay
GSP160 Writing for Academic Purposes Tutor-Marked Assignment 02 January 2024 Presentation GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT 02 This tutor-marked assignment is worth 45% of the final mark for GSP160 Writing for Academic Purposes. The cut-off date for this assignment is 2355hrs on 19 March 2024. __________________________________________________________________________ Submit your solution document in the form of a single MS Word file on or before the cut-off date shown above. Additional instructions: TMA submission – read these instructions carefully • You will need to indicate clearly on the front page your name, student ID, course title and assignment number. Note also the following: Spacing (between the lines): 1.5 or double spacing Font style: Arial or Times New Roman preferred Font size: 12 preferred (min 11 and max 13) • • • • • • • • • • • Summarise using your own words as much as possible. 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Scope You will find chapters 12a (Critical Reading), 12b (Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation), 12c (Synthesizing) and 12d (Synthesizing Sources) in your GSP160 textbook useful. Refer also to the relevant on-line study units. SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 3 of 8 GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment Learning outcomes • Cite sources in writing using the proper citation and referencing style • Interpret information critically from various sources to respond to a task • Relate information from various sources in writing in response to a given task • Develop a rhetorical structure of an essay • Apply persuasive argumentative writing strategies in response to a given task Question 1 Giving up vaping for love: MacPherson Youth Network launches anti-vape campaign By Andrew Wong Published on 18 November 2023 SINGAPORE – After seeing his friends suffer from shortness of breath from smoking ecigarettes, Mr Ilyas Suratmin decided to give up vaping, with a push from his girlfriend. “I’m considered one of the lucky ones as I haven’t experienced any side effects after vaping for the past five years, but I want to give it up before I have children,” said the 33-year-old information technology officer. He was one of the first in line to surrender his e-vaporiser at the pilot launch of MacPherson Youth Network’s “Drop it, Stop it!” anti-vape campaign on Saturday, co-organised with youth charity Bilby Community Development. Smokers who voluntarily surrender their vaping devices receive a $30 gift voucher – about the cost of a disposable vape. Mr Suratmin said he turned to vapes around 2018, as cigarettes became too costly. “I can buy a disposable vape for about $20. If I compare it with cigarettes, it’s much more cost-effective. It also tastes better as it is flavoured.” Adding that his girlfriend has encouraged him to quit the habit, given its harmful effects, he said: “Due to love for my girlfriend and future wife, I am quitting. It is something I know I have to sacrifice.” It is illegal to buy, own or use electronic vaporisers – also known as e-vaporisers, vapes or ecigarettes – in Singapore. This includes vapes purchased online or overseas. Those caught buying, using or owning a vaporiser can be fined up to $2,000 per offence. MacPherson MP Tin Pei Ling said for this programme, the group worked with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and Health Promotion Board (HPB) to waive these penalties. “HSA and HPB were very supportive, telling us if youths gave up their vaping devices through this programme, they will not be penalised,” she said. SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 4 of 8 GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment “We believe this is something that will work better with youth (than fining them), so hopefully this will yield the desired results.” E-vaporisers are typically battery-operated devices that heat up nicotine salts or a liquid that can be flavoured. HSA says e-vaporisers can contain harmful chemicals that are cancer-causing. Nicotine consumption can lead to acute side effects like increased heart rate and elevated blood pressure. Excessive consumption can lead to nicotine poisoning, which can cause difficulties in breathing, HPB said. The campaign will run until January 2, 2024. Ms Tin said the goal is to reach at least 50 youths, or to capture at least 50 such devices. If the goal is reached, the MacPherson Youth Network will look to scale up the campaign in the community, and also across the island if enough stakeholders are involved, she added. “Hopefully, there will be people who join us, and then it’s like a multiplier effect,” she said. From 2018, when vapes were prohibited here, to 2022, 860 people have been caught selling and smuggling these items. In April, the authorities in Singapore made a record seizure of more than 85,000 e-vaporisers and related products worth more than $2.2 million. First-time offenders caught importing, distributing or selling e-vaporisers can be jailed for up to six months and fined up to $10,000, or both. Repeat offenders can be jailed up to 12 months and fined up to $20,000, or both. Source Link: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/giving-up-vaping-for-lovemacpherson-youth-network-launches-anti-vape-campaign [END OF ARTICLE] There has been much debate on the issue of vaping in Singapore. Should the Singapore Government enforce tougher laws to combat vaping in Singapore? In about 1000 words, develop and write a persuasive argumentative essay evaluating and defending your position in order to argue for your particular stance on this issue. Other than synthesising and providing supporting arguments for the position you take on this issue, you MUST anticipate objections and provide counterarguments to write the paper. Relevant information for you to gather would be: • • • Issues (health, social, economic or etc.) surrounding vaping Arguments for enforcing tougher laws on vaping Arguments against enforcing tougher laws on vaping SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 5 of 8 GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment (100 marks) Guidance Notes 1. Your reasoning must be good. 2. Strengthen your argument with relevant examples and illustrations. 3. You may include any additional but relevant information to the ideas that have already been given in the scenario and articles. 4. You should use at least 7 research sources to help you write your essay. The given articles are considered as a separate research source each and can count towards the 7 research sources. 5. You are to use credible and reliable sources to help you write this essay. Marks will be deducted for non-credible and unreliable content. 6. Remember to use accurate grammar, correct sentence structures and a tone appropriate to academic writing. Marks will be deducted for poor English. Article 1: Vaping has morphed from a solution to nicotine addiction to becoming a gateway Publication: The Straits Times Online 30/10/2023 Section: Forum What began as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has evolved into the widespread practice of vaping seen today. The initial aim of vaping was to serve as a means for people to gradually reduce their nicotine intake. To offer chain-smokers a more manageable way to decrease their nicotine consumption, and as a means of weaning them off, vapes were labelled with varying amounts of nicotine, from 5 per cent nicotine to “no nic”. Vaping is becoming favoured over other NRT methods such as nicotine-infused chewing gum, lozenges, patches and nasal sprays. This is mainly due to it addressing the oral fixation that often accompanies smoking, characterised by a desire to engage with something in one’s mouth. Unfortunately, vaping has inadvertently become not just a convenient option for minors but also a potential gateway to smoking. This outcome stands in stark contrast to its original NRT intent. In my opinion, legalising consumption solely through medical prescriptions and reducing the range of flavours will help curb its abuse. SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 6 of 8 GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment This, combined with rigorous consumer education, may restore vaping to its original purpose as a form of NRT, rather than the vice it is often seen as today. Hiwase Parth, 20 Undergraduate Source Link: https://str.sg/iGL3 Article 2: Health Ministry acting to prevent vapes from taking hold in society Publication: The Straits Times Online 03/11/2023 Section: Forum We thank Youth Forum writer Hiwase Parth for his letter “Vaping has morphed from a solution to nicotine addiction to becoming a gateway (Oct 30)”. Electronic vapourisers (e-vapourisers) are not nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products. In Singapore, NRT products such as nicotine patches and gums have to undergo stringent evaluation to be registered under the Health Products Act. There is currently limited evidence that e-vapourisers can aid smoking cessation. To date, there has not been any application to the Health Sciences Authority to register e-vapourisers as therapeutic products for smoking cessation. The World Health Organisation also does not recognise e-vapourisers as legitimate smoking cessation aids. On the contrary, there is good evidence that e-vapourisers are a gateway for non-smokers, particularly the young, to start smoking cigarettes. Vaping is harmful to health. E-vapourisers typically contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance that can harm brain development, especially in teenagers. They also contain cancercausing chemicals and other toxic substances such as metal nanoparticles and particulate matter (PM2.5) that increase the risk of lung and heart diseases. SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 7 of 8 GSP160 Tutor-Marked Assignment The Ministry of Health is therefore taking measures to protect our population and prevent vapes from taking hold in our society. Vaping is illegal in Singapore, and the importation, distribution, sale, possession, use and purchase of e-vapourisers are banned. Under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, someone who is convicted of selling, offering for sale, possessing for sale, importing or distributing e-vapourisers is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for up to six months or to both for the first offence, and to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for up to 12 months or to both, for the second or subsequent offence. The Health Promotion Board has rolled out a digital campaign to raise awareness of the negative health effects of vaping and address misconceptions. We also work closely with the Ministry of Education to raise awareness among children and young people of the harms of vaping and encourage them to lead a nicotine-free lifestyle. Chow Wai Leng (Dr) Director, Disease Policy and Strategy Ministry of Health Source Link: https://str.sg/iNZg —– END OF GSP160 TMA02 —– SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUSS) Page 8 of 8
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