Taipei - Taiwan on Sunday began to ban smoking in public indoor places, becoming the 18th country/territory to take the move worldwide. The following is the list of those which have already banned indoor smoking, compiled by Taiwan's anti-smoking group the John Tung Foundation:
Country/Territory (Year of Imposing the Ban):
Ireland (2004) Norway (2004) New Zealand (2004) Italy (2005) Bhutan (2005) Malta (2005) Sweden (2005) Uruguay (2006) Uganda (2006) Bermuda (2006) Finland (2007) Estonia (2007) Iceland (2007) Britain (2007) Denmark (2007) France (2008) The Netherlands (2008) Taiwan (2009)
