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Try to Wrigley's Your Way Out

I haven't bought gum in a couple of years. Sometimes people offer me a piece and I chew it hoping for fresher breath. But I don't really like chewing gum all too much. Usually I end up swallowing it, which I think is gross.

But I read this today "The penalty for smuggling illicit chewing gum (in Singapore), or even buying it by mail-order catalogue, is up to a year in jail plus a fine of about $7,800." Chewing gum was banned in 1992 because chewed gum was littering streets and public transit systems. Source here.

I don't know how much $7800 is in Singapore, but it sounds like a lot. Do you suppose tourists are warned before entering the country or at customs that gum is illegal there?