professionals. The NHRC will continue to monitor the effectiveness of early intervention policy implementation. Sexual Health 100. Referring to §211 and Attachment 7-28 of the Second Report, the NHRC found that the number of STIs per 100,000 teens in 2020 is 1.885 times higher than in 2016. Regarding §226(b) of the Second Report, the NHRC learned from focus groups and discussions with government agencies that schools and teachers tend to shy away from sex education or sexual health issues, such as teaching how to use condoms or contraception, in order to avoid protests or lawsuits lodged by parents. 101. §§226-229 of the Second Report omit the issue of sex education materials for children with disabilities. Although the MOE currently provides teaching materials on gender equality and sex education designed for different disability groups, 82 they achieved limited success. 102. Recommendations: （1） The Government should collect children's opinions and review whether the contents of teaching materials related to sex education and sexual health curriculum meet the developmental needs of children. （2） The NHRC expects the Government to actively promote the importance of sex education and sexual health courses in order to reduce the pressure that teachers may be under when teaching such topics. Electronic Cigarette 103. The NHRC's follow-up of the Control Yuan investigation 83 revealed that the sales of illegal e-cigarettes in Taiwan exceeded NT$128 million, and this amount does not include sales that were not registered for tax purposes. The NHRC also learned from children's forums that users and sellers of e-cigarettes are getting younger, and one can simply use the keyword "candy" to search online auction platforms and find a great 82 83 The Gender Equity Education website by the MOE. https://www.gender.edu.tw/web/index.php/m5/m5_05_07_index The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jun 16, 2020 (Emerging Tobacco Products Lead to Chaos). 52