Social welfare groups and the masses set up an "intensive care unit" outside the Legislative Yuan to protest.

(Photographed by reporter Wang Guanren)

[Reporter Wang Guanren/Taipei Report] Social welfare groups were dissatisfied with the amendment to the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Act. They were "stuck" in the committee after the first reading in the Legislative Yuan. Today they called on more than 200 people to protest outside the Legislative Yuan again.

Protesters set up an "intensive care unit" outside the Legislative Yuan, and at the same time blew a survival whistle representing a distress signal, hoping to use the sharp and piercing whistle to demand that legislators "rescue" the smoke prevention law as soon as possible.

This morning, more than 200 people went to protest outside the Qunxian Building of the Legislative Yuan. The protesters set up a simple intensive care unit with sleeping bags and tripods, symbolizing that the smoke prevention law has become "terminally ill" and urgently needs to be rescued by cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The protesters also tried their best to blow their survival whistle, appealing to the legislators to hear their whistle and rescue the smoke prevention law as soon as possible.

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He Ruoping, chairman of the New Taipei City Parent Volunteer Education and Development Association, said that for the health of the next generation, she has been working hard to promote a complete ban on the sale of cigarettes, and hopes that Taiwan will become a smoke-free island as soon as possible; but if it cannot be achieved overnight, then We should promote a new generation of tobacco hazard prevention and control law in order to further protect the health of the people.

He also said that according to the latest polls, after the election, more than 80% of the people support that the Legislative Yuan should complete the deliberation of the tobacco control law in this session. , in order to protect Taiwanese from the harm of second-hand smoke.

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Social welfare groups and the masses set up an "intensive care unit" outside the Legislative Yuan, and at the same time blew their whistle to protest.

(Photographed by reporter Wang Guanren)