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Current smoking rate As a result of the enforcement of the new regulations set forth in the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act in 2009 and implementation of various strategies, the adult smoking rate dropped from 21.9% in 2008 to 13.0% in 2018, which represents a significant decrease by 40.6%. The male smoking rate has increased rapidly (an average of 1.5% per year), while the female smoking rate has seen a slight decrease (an average of 0.2% per year) (Fig. 3-1). Fig. 3-1 100 90 80 70 60 % 50 40 32.5 3.8 Smoking rate of adults above the age of 18 in Taiwan over the years and future goal September 1997, implementation of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act Female Overall Target value After 10 years of implementation of Tabacco Hazards Prevention Act, 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.8 4.1 5.1 4.8 4.2 Male smoking of adults dropped to 40.6%. February 2006, tobacco surcharge increased to $10 per pack January 2002, started collection of tobacco surcharge of $5 per pack 47.3 48.2 42.9 40.0 39.6 39.0 38.6 35.4 35.0 33.5 32.7 32.5 29.2 29.9 28.6 59.4 January 2009, new regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act June 2009, tobacco surcharge increased to $20 per pack April 2014, smoking prohibited in national parks June 2014, new version of warning signs on tobacco package 55.3 54.8 55.1 June 2017, Tobacco tax increased by 20 NTD 30 20 10 0 Note: 1. Source: 29.5 29.1 29.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 26.3 27.0 26.4 24.1 22.7 22.1 22.3 21.9 23.4 20.0 19.8 19.1 18.7 18.0 16.4 17.1 15.3 14.5 13.0 4.2 3.8 2.3 2.4 14.0 102 a. Data from 1990 to 1996 were derived from household interviews conducted by the Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation. b. Data for 1999 was based on the information of the "Survey of Adult and Youth Smoking Rate and Smoking Behaviors of 1999" carried out by prof Li Lan who used telephone interviews to collect smoking-related information from the general public. c. Data for 2002 was based upon health-related information collected using household interviews conducted by the HPA for the "2002 National Survey on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Promotion for the Taiwan Region". d. Data from 2004 to 2018 was based upon smoking-related information of the general public collected via telephone interviews conducted by the HPA for the "Adult Smoking Behavior Survey". e. Data from 1999 to 2018, the definition for smokers refer to anyone who had smoked more than 100 sticks (5 packs) of cigarettes, and had smoked in the last 30 days. 2. Questionnaire contents: a. Questionnaire contents from 1990 to 1996: "1 Do you smoke? (1) I smoke (an average of 3 sticks of cigarettes or more); (2) I've quit this year; (3) I don't smoke (including those who've quit smoking before this year) ." b. Questionnaire item for 1999: "Have you ever smoked (even 1 cigarette would be regarded as a "Yes")", "Have you smoked more than 100 cigarettes?", and"For the last 30 days, did you smoke on a daily basis, occasionally, or none at all?" If the answer to the above question was"I don't know" or "refused to answer", the answer shall be considered the missing data. c. Questionnaire item for 2002: "Have you ever smoked cigarettes before in your life?","Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes (or 5 packs of cigarettes with 20 cigarettes each) so far in your life?","Do you smoke every day, occasionally, or have you quit smoking and no longer smoked?" If the answer to the above question was"I don't know" or "refused to answer", the answer shall be considered the missing data. d. Questionnaire item for 2004: "Have you ever smoked before?","Have you smoked more than 5 packs of cigarettes (100 sticks) so far?","Do you still smoke every day, occasionally, or none at all?" If the answer to the above question was"I don't know" or "refused to answer", the answer shall be considered the missing data. e. Questionnaire item from 2005 to 2018: "Have you smoked more than 5 packs of cigarettes (100 sticks) by this time?","Do you still smoke every day, occasionally, or none at all?" If the respondents gave the answer of "I don't know/ not sure","others", or "refused to answer", these questions will be omitted. 3. Annual averages from 2004 to 2018 were based upon the Taiwan region household census of 2000 carried out by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS). Weight adjustments were carried out according to gender, age, education background, and characteristics of the area of residence. 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.3 3.5 () Year