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Date Contents November 6, 2013 Publicized predicted changes that smoking shall be prohibited in areas and greenery not designated as smoking areas in National Parks and Nature Parks of Taiwan, Natural Reserves, forest recreation areas, and nature education parks, and that smoking shall be completely prohibited therein if no such smoking area is designated. The change shall be effective on April 1, 2014. Hui-Chen Chiang and 20 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Article 3 of the November 29, 2013 Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. Tong-Hao Li and 27 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Article 3 of the Tobacco December 11, 2013 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. December 24, 2013 Convened the 2013 committee meeting of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Strategy and Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. January 3, 2014 The "amendment draft to Articles 4 and 35 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" was presented during the general meeting of political parties. February 10, 2014 Convened the "Expert Consultation Meeting on the Feasibility and Legitimacy on Prohibiting Smoking at Road Intersections as well as Entrances and Exits of Buildings". March 7, 2014 Convened a communication meeting for "Article 16 Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 4 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act where: Smoking shall be prohibited in areas and greenery not designated as smoking areas in National Parks and Nature Parks of Taiwan, Natural Reserves, forest recreation areas, and nature education parks; smoking shall be completely prohibited therein if no such smoking area is designated". April 1, 2014 Enforcing the regulation where "Smoking shall be prohibited in areas and greenery not designated as smoking areas in National Parks and Nature Parks of Taiwan, Natural Reserves, and forest recreation areas". March 31, 2014 The Finance Committee of the Legislative Yuan convened the 5th committee meeting to report the "effective measures for curbing smuggling of tobacco products, effects of reasonable adjustments of tobacco tax and tobacco product health and welfare surcharge and the effectiveness of the said adjustments on national finance and health". Chu-Wei Tseng and 18 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Article 4 of the Tobacco April 18, 2014 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. Kuo-Liang Hsieh and 18 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Articles 4, 8, 17 and May 9, 2014 31 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. Yu-Min Wang and 22 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Article 4 of the Tobacco May 30, 2014 Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. June 4, 2014 Convened a discussion for "Most Suitable Proportion for Tobacco Tax and Tobacco Surcharges and Allocation of the Collected Money by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, for Tobacco Farmer Consultation and Support Funds, and Feasibility of Using the Remaining Funds for Converting Land No Longer Used for Growing Betel Palms". August 22, 2014 Convened a "Review Meeting on the use of Tobacco Product Health and Welfare Surcharge". Yu-Min Wang and 22 other council members have proposed the amendment draft of Articles 7-1 and 24 of the October 3, 2014 Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. December 25, 2014 Convened the 2014 committee meeting on the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Strategy and Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare". Yao Yang and 18 other council members proposed the amendments of Article 4 of the Tobacco Hazards January 16, 2015 Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for the Social and Environmental Committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. March 10, 2015 Convened a second team conference on Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. TSU has proposed to amend Articles 3, 15, 17 and 31 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal April 17, 2015 was submitted for the Social and Environmental Committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. Chun-Yi Li and 16 other council members egislators have proposed the amendment of Article 31 of the June 12, 2015 Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. The proposal was submitted for the Social and Environmental Committee review after being approved in the first reading by the Legislative Yuan. 156