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Second-hand smoke exposure rates inside and outside of campuses The second-hand smoke exposure rate on campus has been improved over the past years. The second- hand smoke exposure rate for junior high school students in schools dropped from 21.0% in 2008 to 6.6% in 2018 (Fig. 3-16), and the rate for senior and vocational high school students in schools dropped from 35.2% in 2007 to 13.3% in 2018 (Fig. 3-17); however, the second-hand smoke exposure rate in schools slightly increased for the first time in 7 years in 2014 and slightly decreased in 2018 again. Further analysis shows that for junior high schools, the primary source of second-hand smoke in schools are non-school members (47.9%) followed by smoking students (27.2%), faculty members (8.9%), For senior high schools and vocational schools, the primary source are smoking students (57.9%), followed by non-school members (20.2%), and principals (8.7%) (Fig. 3-18). According to the regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, schools under the level of senior and vocational high schools shall be prohibited from smoking completely in schools; therefore, despite that the condition of the second-hand smoke exposure in campus has been improved, nonetheless, there is still room for improvement for all level of schools. Fig. 3-16 100 80 60 % 0 Second-hand smoke exposure rate of junior high school students in campus Fig. 3-17 Second-hand smoke exposure rate of senior and vocational high school students in campus January 2009, new regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act 22.9 20.5 19.7 17.8 16.4 16.2 14.7 14.7 12.5 2010 2011 2012 Male Female Overall 6.6% of junior high school students had seen someone smoke in front of them while they were at school in the past 7 days. 40 20 23.3 19.4 2006 26.5 23.7 21 17.8 2008 2009 2007 2015 2016 5.4 4.9 11.2 9.47.8 9.2 6.0 7.0 2013 2014 9.27.5 9.78.1 5.7 6.3 8.87.2 8.2 6.6 2017 2018 Year Note: 1. Data source: "Taiwan Global Youth Tobacco Survey" by HPA; relevant data of teenager smoking were collected through entire classes selected; the subjects of analysis were junior high school students. 2. Definition of second-hand smoke exposure in campus: refers to that someone has smoked in front of the interviewee in the school campus within the past one week. 3. Survey question: In the past 7 days, how many days did you see someone smoke in front of you while you were at school? 4. No data for second-hand smoke exposure in campus for years of 2004 and 2005. 5. For the surveys conducted in 2006 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". 100 80 60 % January 2009, new regulations of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act Male Female Overall 13.3% of senior and vocational high school students had seen someone smoke in front of them while they were at school in the past 7 days. 43.1 40 35.2 20 25.9 0 2007 33.1 26.9 19.6 2009 2010 31.2 30.1 25.2 2008 25.8 24.2 18.8 17.3 2011 2012 22.5 21.3 20.7 17.4 19.0 16.3 15.8 11.9 12.2 11.0 10.5 2013 2014 2015 2016 20.6 15.6 9.8 2017 16.6 13.3 9.5 2018 Year 114 Note: 1. Data source: "Taiwan Global Youth Tobacco Survey" by HPA; relevant data of teenager smoking were collected through entire classes selected; the subjects of analysis were senior and vocational high school students. 2. Definition of second-hand smoke exposure in campus: refers to that someone has smoked in front of the interviewee in the school campus within the past one week. 3. Survey question: In the past 7 days, how many days did you see someone smoke in front of you while you were at school? 4. No data for second-hand smoke exposure in campus for years of 2004 and 2005. 5. For the surveys conducted in 2007 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". () ()