Smoking in Taiwan
Smoking in Taiwan is regulated by the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (Taiwan). Tobacco advertising is banned, and smoking is banned in all indoor public places. Taiwan was the second Asian country to institute an indoor smoking ban, after Bhutan. The Government of Taiwan (Republic of China) is planning to extend the smoking ban to cars, motorbikes, and pedestrians. Prevalence Of Taiwan's population of 23 million, about 5 million people smoke. Within Taipei, Taiwan's capital city, the prevalence rate decreased to 15.3% in 2009. 2010 was Taipei's Anti-smoking year. However, in 2013 Taiwan recorded 18% of adult smoking rate, the lowest since 1990. This was the result of the government efforts to discourage smoking since the enactment of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act in 1997. Studies have shown that the smoke-free legislation has had a positive effect on the rate of quitting attempts and annual cessation rates in Taiwan. Law Smoking is prohibited in the following places: schools under the level of senior high school and other places in which the main purpose is to provide education or a venue for activities to children and teenagers the indoor places of colleges or universities, libraries, museums, art galleries, and other institutions for