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Timeline of the Amendments of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act Date Contents March 19, 1997 Presidential promulgation of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". The Act came into effect on September 19 of the same year. September 17, 1997 Promulgated the Enforcement Rules of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". February 18, 1998 Promulgated the "Regulations for the implementation of smoking cessation education". February 10, 1999 Promulgated the "Regulations for awarding institutions offering smoking cessation inquiry and services". October 27, 1999 Amended the Enforcement Rules of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". Presidential promulgation of the amendments of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" (amended Articles January 19, 2000 3 and 30 in response to functional and organizational adjustments of the administration in the province of Taiwan). April 19, 2000 Presidential promulgation of the "Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Act" (the original legal basis for the health and welfare surcharges of tobacco products) and the "Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act". May 23, 2000 The Legislative Yuan has failed to approve the "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" (4th session). October 26, 2000 Legislative Yuan public hearing session of the "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". December 29, 2000 The Ministry of Finance has released the "Regulations on the allocation and use of health and welfare surcharge of tobacco products" and submitted for review by the Legislative Yuan. January 1, 2002 The "Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Act" and the "Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act" came into effect. May 31, 2002 The Legislative Yuan has failed to approve the "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" (5th session). May 2003 "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)", the first international public health convention, has been approved on the 56th World Health Assembly. May, 2004 The "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" has been approved by the 4th Department of Health (DOH) Regulatory Committee Meeting (165th to 168th meetings). The Department of Health has approved the motion to move Article 22 of the Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Act December 24, 2004 defining tobacco product health and welfare surcharges to the amendment draft of Article 4-1 of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". The Executive Yuan has implemented the first reading for the amendment draft of Article 4-1 and Article 30 February 24, 2005 of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". The section on tobacco product health and welfare surcharges was approved by the Executive Yuan and submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review on March 2, 2005. February 27, 2005 The WHO FCTC came into effect. March 07, 2005 The Executive Yuan has submitted the "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" (the section on tobacco product health and welfare surcharges) to the Legislative Yuan for review (6th session). March 14, 2005 Business representatives, civil groups, scholars, and relevant departments have been invited to a "Public Hearing for the Amendment Draft" of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". March 30, 2005 The President has signed for approval of and accession to the WHO FCTC. April 8, 2005 The Executive Yuan has implemented a second reading of Articles 1 through 27 of the "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act". April 18, 2005 The Executive Yuan has implemented a third reading of the contents after Article 27 of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" and approved the amendment draft on April 27, 2005, in the Executive Yuan meeting. April 27, 2005 The "amendment draft of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" (complete version) was submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review (6th session). 150