Taipei Times
Date: Mar 10, 2020
By: Wang Ting-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Judge rules law does not cover e-cigarettes
By Wang Ting-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A New Taipei City man who challenged a fine he received for importing e-cigarettes won the suit, after a district court ruled that the products fell outside of the scope of current tobacco laws.
The man, surnamed Yang (楊), was fined NT$10,000 for contravening the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法) when he imported a case of e-cigarettes in May last year.
Saying the fine was unjust, Yang filed an administrative appeal.
A person uses an e-cigarette on Nov. 6 last year. Warning: Smoking can damage your health
Photo: Lin Ching-lun, Taipei Times
The man, surnamed Yang (楊), was fined NT$10,000 for contravening the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法) when he imported a case of e-cigarettes in May last year.
Saying the fine was unjust, Yang filed an administrative appeal.
In the ruling on Feb. 24, the New Taipei District Court judge said that as the e-cigarettes Yang imported were not in the shape of cigarettes they could not be regulated under the act.
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