Taipei health authorities have stepped up efforts to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and include heated tobacco products regulation under the law, reports The China Post.

The Taipei City Government Department of has drafted a bill to amend the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act. According to the health authorities, the draft has been sent to the Parliament and may be announced for implementation as early as the second half of the year.
According to the proposed amendments, no one is allowed to manufacture, import, sell, supply, display, advertise vaping devices and novel tobacco products. Violators may be fined between TWD 10,000 (USD 351) and TWD 50,000 (USD 1,756) and ordered to make corrections within a time limit, the report said.
In addition, novel tobacco products will be prohibited from being used in schools, medical institutions, indoor places of government agencies, public transportation, public leisure and entertainment places, outdoor places of welfare institutions for the elderly, places designated by the Health Bureau, etc. Violators can be fined TWD $2,000 (USD 70.26) to TWD 10,000 (USD 351).