Singapore, Oct 9, 2025 (AFP) - Grieving Singapore father on mission to save teens from drug vapes

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2025-10-09

Since losing his only daughter in a fall from their high-rise flat in Singapore, Delfard Tay has turned grief into purpose, sounding the alarm on drug-laced vapes that put teenagers' lives at risk. Authorities in the Southeast Asian island state have clamped down on e-cigarettes, introducing strict measures last month to combat a worrying rise in the use of so-called KPods -- vapes spiked with synthetic drugs such as ketamine. Tay told AFP that h......

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