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Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung’s (陳時中) move to quit smoking has led to more than three to four times the normal number of participants — or about 500 to 600 people — enrolling in a quitting event organized by the John Tung Foundation, the group said yesterday. Chen enrolled in the event in March and throughout the process has refused to use medication, the foundation said. Having been a smoker for more than 50 years, Chen’s insistence on not relying on medication is impressive and commendable, foundation smoke hazard prevention center director Lin Ching-li (林清...

Taipei, March 28 (CNA) Taiwan's Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), a heavy smoker for 52 years, on Monday signed up for a smoking cessation challenge in the hope of serving as an example to other smokers that it is possible to give up the bad habit.

Chen has been smoking for at least 50 years | 2022-03-28 19:05:00

Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who has been smoking for 52 years, yesterday signed up for the Health Promotion Administration’s (HPA) smoking cessation competition to encourage other people to quit smoking. The minister announced his decision and signed a registration form at a news conference held by the HPA and the John Tung Foundation in Taipei yesterday to promote this year’s program. Chen, who is 69, said he started smoking when he was 17, and even when Chang Po-ya (張博雅), then-minister of the now-defunct department of health, asked him to be the conv...