The Question I Arrived With

My investigation began with a contradiction. Taiwan’s Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act prohibits e-cigarettes, yet vaping remained visible around me and products could still surface within digital environments.

Initially, I approached the problem by reading the law itself. But knowing what the legislation prohibited did not explain why violations continued. I began asking a different question: what happens between writing a policy and actually making it work?

Was the gap produced by the legal framework, enforcement capacity, online platforms, public awareness, individual behavior—or the interaction among them?

What began as a question about e-cigarettes therefore became a broader investigation into policy implementation: why can a rule appear clear on paper while producing a much more complicated reality?