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Tobacco Health and Welfare Surcharges information disclosure To effectively allocate the percentage of the tobacco surcharges, to make the tobacco surcharge utilization open and transparent and to reduce the doubts of the external, the "Guideline for Tobacco Health and Welfare Surcharge Allocation and Operation" was amended on September 1, 2015, and in Article 5, it specified that the utilization of the allocated fund by the receiving institute shall clearly label or with other methods to indicate that the source of such fund is the tobacco surcharge; the receiving institute shall disclose relevant information of the execution status of the annual budget, performance, amount, subsidization (donation) matters and the name of the unit receiving the subsidy (donation) as well as the amount thereof etc., on the website in order to establish a complete management system. We create a specific website section to display the use and effects of tobacco surcharges; relevant contents include: introduction and allocation of the Tobacco Health and Welfare Surcharges, relevant laws and regulations, effects, relevant teaching materials, and budget implementation. When people visit the webpage, they can view various beneficiary units. Information on implementation results, amounts, subsidized items, and beneficiary units is disclosed on a semiannual basis. The effects and implementation rate of tobacco surcharge usage in 2018 has already been made public on the website: Health Promotion Administration homepage/ Activities and Events / Healthy Living / Tobacco Hazards Prevention/Tobacco Health and Welfare Surcharge. (URL: https://www.hpa.gov.tw/Pages/List.aspx?nodeid=184, chinese version only) 50% NHI reserves 1% Investigation of smuggled or inferior tobacco products 24.2% Tobacco control, Cancer prevention, Rare diseases, Health preventive services 5% Subsidization of Insurance fee to the low-incomers 11.8% Subsidization to medical shortage areas, Upgrading the quality of medical care 8% Promote public health and social welfare Long-Term Care Service 85 Reducing the Demand for Tobacco