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by ecureilx » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:28 am
aster wrote:ecureilx wrote:Oh, they removed the 'escape' clause, when coming in from Malaysia via land check point, where they ignored if you have on box, as long as it was opened. Now even one box or less gets confiscated ..
Does the ok for an open pack still apply to tourists coming in by plane? I don't smoke, but I recall hearing about how this is ok.
On a side note, they will wave you through if you have an open pack of chewing gum.
aucun - for those coming by plane too .. and a few guys slipping through the customs don't mean it is legal !!!
And one too many times I have seen cartons being junked into the bin at customs..
And also there is a reason why they don't sell cigarettes at the Duty Free, beyond the Immigration area ..
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by aster » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:49 am
I've seen people showing an open pack and being waved through after stating that they don't have any more cigarettes, though this was a couple of years ago.
I was about to hand over a half-empty pack of chewing gum and was also told it's ok.

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by ecureilx » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59 am
aster wrote:I've seen people showing an open pack and being waved through after stating that they don't have any more cigarettes, though this was a couple of years ago.
I was about to hand over a half-empty pack of chewing gum and was also told it's ok.

those days, the locally sold cigarettes didn't have the SDPC stamp on each and every cigarette .. unlike now .. and was tougher for Customs to control, as you can always re-use a local empty pack to refill with cheap smokes .. as did some smart guys used to do, using cigarette cases to fill the smokes .. and dump the implicating 'foreign' pack
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by aster » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39 pm
I'm all for barring all cigarette imports. You want to smoke here, pay the local prices.
I also think they should introduce these "smoke chambers" for cigarette addicts that they use in some airports, and disallow smoking on the streets.
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by ksl » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:22 pm
Agree ban the filthy dangerous smelly habit from the streets

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by BillyB » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:28 pm
I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
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by ecureilx » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:30 pm
BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
I used to step away from people, when I light up .. especially after a Tiger .. now I am having second thoughts though

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by BillyB » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:33 pm
ecureilx wrote:BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
I used to step away from people, when I light up .. especially after a Tiger .. now I am having second thoughts though

Nut nut has an arrangement with the owner, so we are allowed to smoke inside the restaurant!
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by ksl » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:42 pm
BillyB wrote:ecureilx wrote:BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
I used to step away from people, when I light up .. especially after a Tiger .. now I am having second thoughts though

Nut nut has an arrangement with the owner, so we are allowed to smoke inside the restaurant!

I smoked for 30 years so it doesn't really worry me

Just thought i would stir the pot with my wooden spoon

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by nakatago » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:48 pm
BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
Would you wear an
Asian conical hat while you're at it?
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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by BillyB » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:51 pm
nakatago wrote:BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
Would you wear an
Asian conical hat while you're at it?
Does it help with not stopping smoking?
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by the lynx » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 2:57 pm
nakatago wrote:BillyB wrote:I'm going to smoke very heavily on the next gathering of eagles; just for KSL and Aster......
Would you wear an
Asian conical hat while you're at it?
I don't get it. What has the conical hat got to do with smoking?

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by nakatago » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 3:01 pm
With a big enough brim, it will collect all the smoke and keep it on your face.
...or it catches fire and hopefully imprint a shocking enough memory to be associated with smoking.
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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by BillyB » Mon, 06 Feb 2012 3:12 pm
nakatago wrote:With a big enough brim, it will collect all the smoke and keep it on your face.
...or it catches fire and hopefully imprint a shocking enough memory to be associated with smoking.
Reminds me of a scene from police academy 5......
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by Skylogger » Wed, 08 Feb 2012 5:26 pm
@ msabd1 .Dont worry.it doesnt have anything you getting a PR or not as you have been warned n not "fined" . If u were fined, then your so called merit points with the government will be lower as u will be having a record with them.
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