BURP

Our team consist of

• Brendo Austin
• Goh Li Na Rebecca
• Tan Peng Chong

Project Description

In Singapore, most smokers started picking up smoking at a young age which tends to lead to smoking addiction. Moreover, most of those young smokers started out way before they are legal to smoke (a third started smoking at 14 years old or younger). Despite the installation of CCTV cameras and identity card checks conducted by shop attendants, underage smoking still has not been eradicated. With Ministry of Health’s upcoming plans to raise the minimum legal smoking age from 18 years old to 21 years old by 2021, it would be harder to visually identify underage smokers leading to illegal purchase of cigarettes. As a result, it is important to implement measures to reduce the likelihood of underage teenagers getting into smoking. Thus, our team aims to identify the convenience stores near neighborhood schools (a common area for teenagers) that are in high risk of selling of cigarettes that could likely end up in teenagers' hand.