In January 2023, the Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the most anticipated amendment of the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Act. The amendment includes raising the smoking age to 20 years of age, increasing the proportion of warning pictures and texts on tobacco products, completely prohibiting e-cigarettes and flavoured tobacco products, regulating heated tobacco, and expanding the scope of smoking bans in public areas, including schools and institutions.
Rising smoking prevalence among young people has driven the Taiwanese government to push forward with its amendments to the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Act. The youth smoking population has increased rapidly in Taiwan, according to a 2021 survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on youth smoking behaviour.
Cigarettes in Taiwan is currently dominated by five major cigarette manufacturers, including JT Tobacco International Taiwan Corp, Taiwan Tobacco & Liqour Corp, Imperial Brands Plc, British American Tobacco Services Ltd Taiwan, and Philip Morris Taiwan SA. These major cigarette manufacturers have developed different strategies and efforts to enter heated tobacco in a bid to mitigate the long-term decline in cigarette smoking.
As COVID-19 restrictions eased, consumers began to travel more in Taiwan, with business travel also resuming at a modest pace in 2022. These factors supported some recovery of cigarette sales at duty-free shops based at airports.
With the new amendments to the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Act coming into effect in March 2023, volume sales of tobacco products will decline at a relatively notable pace at the start of the forecast period. The minimum legal smoking age will increase to 20 years old, putting a stronghold on the growing number of young smokers in the country.
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