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Fig. 3-14 100 80 60 53.1 Percentage of smoking cessation attempt of smoking students of junior high schools 60.3 January 2009, new regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act 59.2 62.5 59.8 55.9 58.6 55.5 Male Female Overall 56.1 57.3 57.2 53.4 54.8 52.1 55 50.4 49.1 46.6 46.1 39.4 2015 2016 2017 58 49 53.5 45.5 2006 2007 2008 2009 52.7 54.9 44.8 42.0 44.8 2010 2011 2012 55.755.4 54.8 43.7 2013 2014 50.8 % 49.6 40 45.4 20 0 2004 2005 2018 Year Note: 1. Data source:"Taiwan Global Youth Tobacco Survey" by HPA; class testing method was used to collect relevant data of teenager smoking; the subjects of analysis were junior high school students. 2. Definition of smoking cessation attempt: present smoker wishes to quit smoking now. 3. Survey question: Do you want to quit smoking now? 4. For the surveys conducted in 2004 to 2010, the method of iteration for every other year was adopted for students of "junior high school" and "grades 1 to 3 of senior high school, vocational high school and five-year junior college". Fig. 3-15 100 80 60 % Percentage of smoking cessation attempt of smoking students of senior and vocational high schools Male Female 58.8 60.6 56.5 59.1 54.8 54.5 Overall 57.6 55.9 50.8 2018 Year 66.4 64 58.3 2005 66.8 63.8 58.4 2007 2008 January 2009, new regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act 64.0 64.6 66.0 64.4 61.3 61.4 64.1 61.6 62.1 60.5 60 57.1 55.1 54.7 56.7 55.8 40 20 0 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 46.9 50.4 2016 2017 Note: 1. Data source:"Taiwan Global Youth Tobacco Survey" by HPA; class testing method was used to collect relevant data of teenager smoking; the subjects of analysis were senior high and vocational school students. 2. Definition of smoking cessation attempt: present smoker wishes to quit smoking now. 3. Survey question: Do you want to quit smoking now? 4. For the surveys conducted in 2005 to 2010, the method of iteration for every other year was adopted for students of "junior high school" and "grades 1 to 3 of senior high school, vocational high school and five-year junior college". 113 () () Research, Monitoring, and International Exchange