Taipei government sets up no-smoking reminder at parks
Taipei government sets up no-smoking reminder at parks
2025-04-30
People are often spotted smoking at parks in Taipei, even though it’s illegal. Hoping to solve the problem, the Taipei City Government installed a no-smoking button at Qiangang Park in Shilin District. When pressed, the bell broadcasts a reminder that parks are non-smoking areas. But how effective is this? Without any police around, it’s up to the smoker to stop or not. People have also complained the button is hard to find and the broadcast is too loud.
Lin Yung-chi
FTV reporter
If you see someone smoking when you’re walking in this park, there’s a hidden button you can press that will broadcast a reminder not to smoke.
In both Mandarin and Taiwanese, the broadcast reminds people that parks are non-smoking areas. But people barely seem to look up when they hear it and there are still cigarettes butts littering the ground.
Member of public
No one presses that button. I’ve never seen it.
Member of public
It’s so loud, it can be heard all the way over here. It’s really loud.
Member of public
Someone cut its wire because it’s too loud.
The Taipei City Government installed this no-smoking button at Qiangang Park in Shilin District. During the day, it automatically broadcasts a no-smoking reminder once every hour. If a member of the public presses it, it will broadcast the announcement after 30 seconds, leaving enough time to leave the scene.
Member of public
If I knew about the button, I would press it, but I haven’t seen it.
No one comes to administer fines after the button is pressed, so it’s up to the smoker to stop or not. Over the past six months, it’s only been pressed 170 times. Although no complaints have been received via the city government’s 1999 hotline, city councilors say this doesn’t necessarily mean there are no issues.
Liu Tsai-wei
Taipei City Councilor (KMT)
Pressing it won’t guarantee cigarettes get put out. Pressing it again won’t do so either. It also seems impossible to directly go and administer fines right now. In addition, it’s set up in the corner, so I really don’t know if the button is effective at all.
Lan Shu-fan
Taipei parks director
Its placement is really important, and of course it needs to be clearly marked. In this regard, we can probably make some changes.
The parks department says it will clearly mark it in the future and may even expand the idea to other parks. But whether it will actually stop smokers remains to be seen.
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按完30秒可跑! 台北市公園首設禁菸鈴 民眾:聲音太大
2025-04-30
在公園，看到有人偷抽菸，您會上前制止嗎？台北市府在士林前港公園，試辦"禁菸鈴"，只要輕輕一按，現場就會響起廣播，提醒民眾不要抽菸，但議員批評，按了不會有人開罰，全憑癮君子的良心，加上標示不清、按鈕難尋，成效大打問號，還有民眾抱怨，實在太吵了。
[[民視記者 林詠琪]]
“來到公園散步，如果發現有人偷偷抽煙，公園藏了一個機關，只要按下去就會替你大聲廣播”
國語、台語版本，提醒民眾不要吸菸，瞧瞧現場，似乎沒有人特別抬頭，好像已經習慣了，不過，地板上還是有不少菸蒂，這鈴到底有沒有用呢。
[[民眾]]
“那個鈴沒有人按，沒有看過”
[[民眾]]
“有啊，好大聲啊，都播到我們這邊來，聲音很大啊”
[[民眾]]
“因為這個太吵，有人偷偷把它(電線)剪掉”
台北市府在士林的前港公園，試辦"禁菸鈴"，白天時，每隔1個小時，會自動播放，若民眾發現有人抽菸，也可以自行按壓，系統設置30秒後才會廣播，讓你有時間，可以遠離現場。
[[民眾]]
“我知道那是按鈕的話，我會去按，但我沒看到“
只是按了之後，也不會有人來開罰，全憑抽菸者的良心。目前半年來，使用次數僅170次，北市議員批評市府，以1999沒有收到民眾投訴，作為成效良好的依據，根本是敷衍了事。
[[北市議員(國) 柳采葳]]
“按了不一定可以熄菸，再來按了你也不一定，可以直接馬上過來開罰，現在看起來是不可能嘛，然後又設在邊邊角角，那我還真的不知道，這個禁菸鈴它的效果在哪邊”
[[北市公園處長 藍舒凢]]
“設置的地點很重要，所以當然還有標示也要清楚，所以在這個部分的話，我們應該還可以再做一些改進”
公園處強調，未來會標示清楚，不排除繼續擴大試辦，但是否能讓癮君子乖乖熄火，還有待觀察。
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