Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced today that the state will stop playing nice with "zombie" teenagers who refuse to stop sucking on flavoured battery juice.

Since current rehabilitation programs are failing, the Ministry of Health is considering deploying tactical snipers to pop pods right out of students' mouths from 500 meters away.

"We need to nip this in the bud," Ong said, while sharpening a bamboo cane specifically designed to fit into a USB-C charging port.

If a $10,000 fine doesn't stop you from smelling like a synthetic fruit basket, perhaps immediate public execution will.

Under the new "Extreme Escalation" protocol, a second offence will result in the perpetrator being forced to inhale the exhaust of a non-aircon SBS bus for six hours.

Third-time offenders will be used as live target practice for the SAF’s new line of anti-vape drones, or worse, forced to marry a PAP grassroots volunteer.

Authorities also clarified that "rehabilitation" will now involve being locked in a room with a 70-year-old uncle who just finished a pack of unfiltered cigarettes and wants to cough on you.

"We want to ensure these recalcitrant youths truly understand the value of fresh air," a spokesperson added, while tasing a secondary school student for having a suspicious-looking highlighter.