[Global Network Comprehensive Report Reporter Zhao Youping] Taiwan's "United Daily News" exclusively reported on the 4th that after three rounds of consultations on the "Draft of Amendment to the Tobacco Hazard Control Law" on the island, all parties gradually reached a consensus. Tobacco products, heated cigarettes, "heated cigarette vehicles are not advertised or publicized", and "under 20 years old are prohibited from purchasing heated cigarette vehicles".
However, on the evening of the 3rd, it was reported that Ke Jianming, the general secretary of the Democratic Progressive Party, had demanded that Taiwan open up heating cigarettes due to pressure from the United States.
"United Daily News" said that the US cigarette manufacturers will usher in hundreds of billions (NT dollars) in revenue.
Some netizens on the island sarcastically said: "The sale of Taiwan is going on, and we have been forced to open up various measures, and history repeats itself." Some netizens said: "You will gradually find that Taiwan will not give anything that the Americans want! "
The full name of heating tobacco is "heating non-burning tobacco products", which is a tobacco product that heats tobacco to a high temperature of about 300-350°C in a non-combustible manner.
According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the "Draft Amendment to the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Law" held the fourth consultation in the "Legislative Yuan Sanitation Committee" at 9 am on the 4th. "Lin Weizhou posted on Facebook on the evening of the 3rd that the "Smoke Hazard Prevention Law" and "Amendment" have been negotiated many times and gradually reached a consensus. , I didn't expect the high-level order to overthrow them all.
Lin Weizhou said that the previous discussions and negotiations seemed to be just acting.
In an interview with Taiwan's "United Daily News" on the evening of the 3rd, Lin Weizhou said that he had previously negotiated and drawn up a conclusion.
For example, "stricter cigarette control" all parties have a consensus, such as increasing penalties for those who smoke in non-smoking places, expanding non-smoking places such as campuses, etc.; for electronic cigarettes, it is difficult to confirm its tar and other components, and many Young people's entry-level cigarettes will be regulated by law after the ban in the future, including the ban on selling and smoking.
Lin Weizhou said that heated tobacco is the most controversial issue. The "draft" of Taiwan's administrative agency used the word "accommodate" and insisted on opening up the import of heated tobacco, while "rejection groups" hoped to ban it.
Lin Weizhou said that heating tobacco is divided into cartridges (tobacco columns) and carriers. The cartridge itself is smoke, which has the same composition as cigarettes, so there are regulations in the law; the problem lies in the inhaler and carrier of heating tobacco. "Without express regulations on heating tobacco vehicles, tobacco manufacturers may advertise aggressively in the future, or even give away vehicles to encourage and lure more people and even young people to smoke heated cigarettes.
Lin Weizhou said that after the third negotiation, all parties reached a consensus on two points on heating cigarette vehicles: "can be sold but not advertised", "under the age of 20 cannot be purchased", and last week except the "committees" present agreed, Therefore, it was agreed to hold the fourth negotiation on the morning of the 4th, and requested that vehicle management be included in the provisions.
"Yesterday it was too late to update the regulations. In the evening, the Health and Welfare Department of the Health Department said that Mr. Ke (Ke Jianming) did not agree to accept the control (heated tobacco vehicles)!" Lin Weizhou revealed.
Taiwan's "United Daily News" stated that the heated cigarette brands that have appeared in Taiwan include "iQOS", "lil", "glo", and "Ploom".
According to the report, it is understood that the biggest promoter of the "Smoke Hazard Prevention Law" to promote the adoption of heated cigarettes is the American company Philip Morris Tobacco Company. Its heated cigarette brand "iQOS" has already established specialty stores and repair shops in various counties and cities.
According to the report, Taiwan’s annual tobacco product market is currently NT$170 billion. In the future, cigarettes will decline, and heating cigarettes will probably take up half of the nearly 100 billion (NT$) market. The group of people who smoke electronic cigarettes and switch to heating cigarettes has "huge business opportunities that cannot be imagined."
Lin Weizhou bluntly said that if the goal of controlling heated cigarette vehicles cannot be achieved today, a press conference will be held immediately to criticize Taiwan's administrative agencies, health and welfare departments, and the Department of Health for being pressured by tobacco manufacturers and self-ashamed to overthrow the original promise.
In this regard, some netizens on the island said that the American cigarette merchants are "another kind of opium war".
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Some netizens criticized the green camp, saying that this is "the process of selling Taiwan, and has been forced to open various measures, and history is repeating itself."↓
Previously, the DPP authorities had allowed the import of pork containing clenbuterol from the United States to Taiwan.
Some netizens said that the green camp "hasn't won anything that is beneficial to the people of Taiwan, and everything that persecutes people's health has been opened up."
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Some netizens said that behind the "support" of Taiwan are businessmen with a purpose. They first knocked on the door with political means, and then revealed their true colors.
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Another netizen asked: Is Ke Jianming going to open up marijuana in the next step?
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Some netizens also said that you will gradually find out: what the Americans want, Taiwan will not give!
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(World Wide Web)