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Title: Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 1 General Principles
Article 1
This Act is enacted to prevent and control tobacco hazards to protect the health of people.
Article 2
The competent authority referred to in this Act is the Ministry of Health and Welfare at the central level; the municipal government in special municipalities; and the county or city government in counties or cities.
Article 3
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
(1) “Tobacco product” refers to paper cigarettes, cut tobacco, cigars, and other tobacco products entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco or nicotine-containing natural plants for smoking, chewing, sucking, snuffing, or other methods of consuming.
(2) “Imitation tobacco product” refers to electronic or non- electronic nicotine or non-nicotine delivery systems and other similar products that are made of materials other than tobacco product raw materials or physically-changed tobacco product raw materials and are intended for imitating tobacco product consumption.
(3) “Smoking” refers to the act of smoking, chewing, sucking,snuffing, or other methods of consuming tobacco products.
(4) “Tobacco product container” refers to all the packaging boxes, cans, or other containers used for selling tobacco products to consumers.
Carrying tobacco products that have been lit or have been turned on shall be deemed as "smoking" defined in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph.