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item County / City Supplying tobacco products to those under 18 years of age Smoking in non-smoking areas Total inspections for the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act Audited Citations Audited Citations New Taipei City 10,678 160 67,056 506 272,284 Yilan County 15,377 7 16,020 138 183,039 Taoyuan County 43,676 32 49,607 111 518,212 Hsinchu County 14,620 15 16,045 57 159,050 Miaoli County 11,893 9 12,198 299 119,067 Changhua County 27,453 7 25,212 64 234,575 Nantou County 12,463 5 31,130 57 177,777 Yunlin County 18,544 4 18,197 22 176,840 Chiayi County 7,580 10 18,304 60 110,911 Pingtung County 17,360 8 38,245 162 239,666 Taitung County 10,031 2 10,149 29 121,398 Hualien County 4,560 21 16,429 243 111,958 Penghu County 2,184 0 2,169 6 26,984 Keelung City 3,669 7 12,937 79 96,807 Hsinchu City 3,939 10 13,132 67 68,552 Taichung City 42,704 38 98,427 189 561,051 Chiayi City 13,725 19 12,649 11 155,266 Tainan City 52,317 44 54,191 395 443,903 Kinmen County 146 0 1574 5 6,530 Lienchiang County 933 0 917 0 9,949 Evaluation for the Enforcement Performance of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act After years of advocating tobacco control measures via the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, the public became more aware and supportive of a smoke-free environment. Most are able to comply with relevant regulations, but a small number of people involved in the management of non- smoking areas and retailers of tobacco products have continued to challenge gray areas in the law, which prevents Taiwan from achieving the ideal results of creating smoke-free public venues and environments. Since 2004, an impartial third party (Consumers' Foundation, Chinese Taipei) was entrusted to invite public health, medical education and legal experts and scholars to form a work team in order to adjust and establish evaluation standards and execution methods based on the actual conditions of the law enforcements in counties and cities. In 2018, 502 locations in 44 cities and towns were investigated, and 660 stores selling tobacco were tested for their understanding of the prohibition on selling tobacco to minors compliance levels and legal by disguised people; in addition, the observation and investigation on the conditions of non-smoking areas of irregular spots without predefined schedules were performed according to Article 15 and 16 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, and a total 6,120 samples were completed. Based on the above, the status of the implementations performed according to the regulations prescribed in Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 13, Article 15 and Article 16 of the "Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act" were understood. 93 Reducing the Supply of Tobacco