Buy gum – but not if you live in Singapore

SINGAPORE is to maintain its ban on chewing gum sales.

The ban, first imposed in 1992, is necessary to reduce gum-related litter and vandalism, Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, parliamentary secretary of the national development ministry, told members of parliament yesterday.

Some gums, such as nicotine gum, will continue to be available from the nation-state's pharmacists for therapeutic reasons.