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Cigarettes E-cigarettes Snus HTP NRT

Prevalence

Adult current e-cigarette vaping prevalence:
1.7%
1
Adult current e-cigarette vaping prevalence (female):
0.9%
1
Adult current e-cigarette vaping prevalence (male):
2.6%
1
Ever tried e-cigarette vaping:
2.2%
2 A
References:
  1. Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Health Promotion Administration (HPA), Jul. 2021
  2. Chen, Y.L., et al. (2018) E-Cigarette use in a country with prevalent tobacco smoking: A population based study in Taiwan. Journal of Epidemiology, 2018. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20170300. [Epub ahead of print].
Comments:
  1. Data is from the National survey of substance use in Taiwan 2014. Current = past year use, Ever tried = lifetime use.

Regulation

Regulatory status:
Allowed
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References:
  1. Data cross-referenced where possible using the following sources :1. Vapetrotter website. Available at: https://www.vapetrotter.com/laws/ ; 2. Global tobacco control website. Available at:https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/node/14052 ; 3. Tobacco Control Laws website. Available at : https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/