The Tobacco Risk Prevention Law is the main tobacco control law in Taiwan and regulates, inter alia, restrictions on smoking in public; tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and packaging and labelling of tobacco products. Several regulations have been made under this Act, including: (1) rules for the installation of indoor smoking rooms, (2) rules for managing the display and labelling of tobacco products in tobacco sales establishments, (3) rules for the testing of nicotine and tar content of tobacco products and the labelling of cigarette containers (as amended) and (4) rules for the declaration of information on tobacco products. According to a survey released Thursday by HPA, the number of teens smoking increased for the first time in a decade to more than 81,000 in 2019. The number of e-cigarette users or teens who have become accustomed to vaping also increased to 4.2 percent or 57,000 last year, an increase of 50 percent. In accordance with the approval of the Law on the Prevention of Risks Related to Tobacco (`the Law`) adopted on 11 July 2007, the guidelines on related measures relating to the space, equipment and furnishing of indoor smoking rooms (`the Chamber`) prescribed in the third subparagraph of Paragraph 15(1) of the Law and in Article 15, paragraph 11, point 11, of the Act have been published by the Ministry of Health. Executive Yuan and are summarized as follows:[7] The legal smoking age in the United States, Singapore and Thailand is 20 or 21, they say. Source: www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3941390 However, in 2013, Taiwan recorded 18% of adult smoking rates, the lowest since 1990. This is the result of the government`s efforts to discourage smoking since the passage of the Tobacco Risks Prevention Act in 1997. [5] Studies have shown that smoke-free legislation has had a positive impact on smoking cessation attempts and annual smoking cessation rates in Taiwan. [6] Smoking would be banned in all school campuses, kindergartens, daycares and dormitories used as daycares, while bars, lounges and clubs would be required to have a designated smoking room and prohibit smoking in other parts of the premises, the amendments stipulate. Warnings on tobacco packaging should cover 85% of packaging – up from 35% currently – to increase their visibility and encourage smokers to quit, as well as to warn young people of the health risks of smoking. Eighty-two percent of Taiwanese smokers started smoking before the age of 20, Wang said, adding that the brain still matures before the age of 20 and is prone to nicotine addiction. The bill also proposes to raise the smoking age from 18 to 20, saying that, according to a U.S.
study, the likelihood of becoming addicted to tobacco will decrease with age. Many countries, including the United States, Singapore and Thailand, have raised the smoking age to at least 20, the bill says. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan`s cabinet on January 13 introduced an amendment to the Tobacco Risk Prevention Law for legislation, which aims to ban e-cigarettes and flavored cigarettes, increase health warning levels on cigarette packets and raise the smoking age to 20. The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a proposal that would raise the legal smoking age to 20 and expand a list of no-smoking zones. Clearly visible anti-smoking signs must be posted at all entrances to the premises prescribed in the preceding paragraph. No smoke utensils may be returned or displayed. Taiwan`s cabinet has approved a draft amendment to the Tobacco Risk Prevention Law that would raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 20 and impose a ban on e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products, according to Focus Taiwan. The proposed legislation would create a legal basis for regulating novel tobacco products, such as heated tobacco products, stipulating that suppliers of novel tobacco products with unknown health risks would have to submit an application for assessment of these products within a certain period of time before suppliers would be allowed to manufacture or import the products. Those who violate this regulation are liable to a fine of up to TWD 50 million. The Health Promotion Administration (HPA) of Taiwan`s Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed an amendment to the Tobacco Risk Prevention Law to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 20. The HPA reports that more than 80% of smokers in Taiwan start smoking before the age of 20.
The amendment will also regulate the supply and use of tobacco and vaping products and impose fines of up to NT$50 million (US$1.67 million) for the manufacture or import of prohibited products. The legal smoking age is to be raised from 18 to 20, the amendments say, citing a U.S. study showing that older people when they come into contact with nicotine would make it less addictive. The bill goes even further and extends the smoking ban to colleges and universities, kindergartens, daycares and family child care centres. Smoking in bars and nightclubs would only be allowed in designated areas. Graphic warnings and text would also be increased from 35% of the total packaging area to 85%. The guidelines on measures relating to premises, equipment and furnishings in this respect concerning premises, equipment and furnishing measures prescribed in paragraph 1, paragraph 3, above and the provisions of paragraph 11 above shall be adopted by the competent central authority. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The long-awaited amendment to Taiwan`s Tobacco Risk Prevention Law aims to raise the legal smoking age to 20 and impose restrictions on non-traditional tobacco products. Smoking in Taiwan is regulated by the Tobacco Risk Prevention Act (Taiwan). Tobacco advertising is prohibited[1] and smoking is prohibited in all indoor public spaces. [2] Taiwan was the second Asian country, after Bhutan, to introduce an indoor smoking ban. [3] The Government of Taiwan (Republic of China) plans to extend the smoking ban to cars, motorcycles and pedestrians.
[2] It is proposed to extend smoke-free areas to university campuses, kindergartens, day-care centres and family children`s homes, with bars and discos listed as non-smoking but allowed to install smoking rooms.