我們台灣的國旗再度飆揚在國際網站上了!!!!
此次【台灣之光】就是台灣政府的【衛福部】
針對台灣的電子煙政策，外國對這政策可說是嘖嘖稱奇。
這已經第二篇海外媒體報導，
(有第三個馬來西亞媒體是直接轉貼Vaping post的貼文 所以我就沒算進去了)
台灣政府請不要一直秀下限.......加油 好嗎?
抱歉新聞更新太快，小單位翻譯趕不及，先貼英文，中文翻譯版後補。
===(11月06日報導)=========================================
Taiwan will ban sales of all vaping products
http://vaping360.com/taiwan-bans-vaping-products/
The government is taking the advice of the World Health Organization
By Jim McDonald -November 6, 2017
Taiwan is strengthening its ban on e-cigarettes, and lawmakers claim the ban
will protect teenagers from smoking.
The logic may be faulty, but the political leaders of the former Chinese
province (which China still considers part of China) are sticking with it.
Officials claim the ban will “lower smoking rates,” according to the Taipei
Times.
The Executive Yuan (the leadership of the executive branch) is going to
submit an amendment to the country’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, and
send it to the legislature. The new law will ban the manufacture, sale,
importation, and advertising of vapor products.
“Teenagers who have used them are six times more likely to smoke regular
cigarettes…”
Vapor products are already theoretically banned — by order of the Ministry
of Health. But the new law codifies the ban and provides defined punishments
for infractions. The penalty for manufacturing or importing vapes will be set
at NT$50,000 to NT$250,000 ($1650-8250 in U.S. dollars). Sales and use in
non-smoking areas would be punished by a fine of NT$10,000 to NT$50,000
($330-1650 USD), a government spokesperson told the Times.
“It is estimated that between 60,000 and 70,000 junior and senior-high
school students in Taiwan have used e-cigarettes,” said a Cabinet
spokesperson. “Teenagers who have used them are six times more likely to
smoke regular cigarettes, so the government must ban e-cigarettes to protect
teenagers’ health.”
The assertion that teens who vape are more likely to smoke has never been
proven, but it is often repeated. Cabinet spokesperson Chang Hsiu-chen noted
that the World Health Organization has encouraged restrictions on vaping
products — which is true.
The WHO has consistently opposed vaping and e-cigarettes since 2008, making
the agency the first quasi-governmental organization to do so. Many countries
attempt to curry favor with — and funding from — the prohibitionist public
health agency by implementing the WHO’s advice.
延伸閱讀：
Taiwan government aims to tighten existent e-cigarette ban
http://0rz.tw/5bZhU
11月02日報導
打臉節錄：
Several studies have indicated that vaping is at least 99% safer than smoking
and significantly less addictive. Additionally e-cigarettes are smokers’
preferred smoking cessation tools since the action of vaping mimics that of
smoking, hence making the transition from smoking to not smoking an easier
one.
Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last
June, clearly indicates that smoking rates amongst high school students were
cut in half in only five years, between 2011 to 2016, during the time when
vaping amongst the same age group increased from 1.5% to a peak of 16.0%.
Additionally, the percentage of high school students using e-cigarettes
eventually also dropped. For the first time since the advent of electronic
cigarettes, vaping decreased from 16.0% in 2015 to 11.3% in 2016, while
smoking in that same period dropped from 9.3% to 8.0%.