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(h) With the aim of protecting the health of citizens and given the Executive Yuan’s enforcement on e-cigarette control, the HPA requested the Ministry of Economic Affairs to consider no longer providing subsidies for e-cigarettes or relative products in exhibitions on May 3, 2018. On July 2, 2018, the Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Affairs agreed that e-cigarette exhibitions will not be subsidized in the future to comply with the policies of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. 2. Department of Mental and Oral Health: E-cigarette control literacy courses have been incorporated in 6 continuing training programs for 626 drug addiction therapy specialists in 2018. 3. Taiwan Food and Drug Administration: Since April 2015, the Consumer Zone\\\\ Unqualified Product Zone on the official website of the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has been published on a monthly basis. The e-cigarette unqualified product information is regularly published every month to remind consumers not to use these products. ◎ Education and training on e-cigarette prevention 4. Department of Protective Services: LED digital displays of the Executive Yuan in 73 locations of public railroads and hospitals were utilized to provide education on the prevention of smoking, alcohol abuse, betel nut chewing, and e-cigarette use by children and teenagers and complementary youth projects from March to August 2018; reinforced education on community prevention programs for children and teenagers and services by local governments and NGOs is provided to prevent abuse drug schedule III and IV by children and teenagers out of curiosity with the goal of preventing e-cigarette use by children and teenagers. 5. Social and Family Affairs Administration: Educational activities, workshops, and training activities on child and teenage welfare and rights and educational workshops on morals and rule of law were organized in cooperation with NGOs in 2018. 21 educational activities to strengthen e-cigarette controls were organized for a total of 43,772 children and teenagers to prevent e-cigarette use. 6. Ministry of Education: (a) Implementation of the policy on e-cigarette prevention: I. It is recommended that schools incorporate e-cigarettes in their school rules and regulations. II. Promoting the policy on tobacco hazard prevention in schools: Tobacco hazard prevention is listed as one of the main topics for the health promotion program. The school is required to follow the "Tobacco Control at schools Project" (educational strategies for tobacco hazard prevention, strategies for promoting a smoke-free environment, educational strategies for smoking cessation) and specific practices. 133 Research, Monitoring, and International Exchange