Cigar Weekly

Smoking has been banned in all indoor public places in Taiwan.

Public areas such as hotels, restaurants, karaoke bars, Internet cafes
and roofed transport stations have joined the anti-smoking campaign
with offenders to be fined up to NTD10,000. Smoking rooms at airports
have been closed and local carriers are banned from voluntarily selling
cigarettes to passengers during flights under the new law. In addition,
the health tax has been increased to NTD500 for every 1,000 cigarettes
and each kilogram of tobacco and cigars and is to be utilised to raise
money for the national health insurance programme.

According to Lin Ching-li, spokesman for the non-profit John Tung
Foundation, one of the lobbying groups behind the campaign, 'The new
law is a milestone in making Taiwan a smoke-free country.'