Taiwan's e-cigarette ban passed the third reading of legislation on Thursday (January 12) to address the growing popularity of vaping products among young people in Taiwan.

The sale, manufacture and supply of e-cigarettes will be outlawed and heated tobacco products (HTPs) will be subject to stricter regulation under the amendments to Taiwan's Tobacco Harm Prevention Law.

Manufacturers or importers of HTP must submit a health risk assessment report for review before being licensed. Additionally, advertisements for heating appliances for such products will be prohibited.

Other changes include raising the legal smoking age from 18 to 20, increasing the proportion of tobacco packaging warnings from 35% to 50%, and designating nurseries and schools at all levels as no-smoking areas.

The move was hailed as a partial victory for anti-tobacco groups after years of calls for tighter controls on cigarettes and novel tobacco products. The Tobacco Harm Prevention Act was last amended in 2009.

A contentious part of the amendment is how flavored tobacco products will be regulated. Critics say the change is not bold enough because it only bans the use of banned additives, but it could open a loophole because of vague terminology.

The rate at which teens in Taiwan are vaping is worrying. A survey by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) showed that the number of vaping users in junior high schools increased from 1.9 percent in 2018 to 3.9 percent in 2021, while high schools and vocational schools increased from 3.4 percent to 8.8 percent over the same period.

New designs and a variety of flavors appear to be part of what is driving the popularity of vaping products among young people. This could be harmful to health, the HPA said, as 90 percent of such products were found to contain nicotine.

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