Health Promotion Administration (HPA) - November 15：Based on the ultimate objective (Endgame) embraced by various countries of reducing the number of people who smoke to below 5% of the total population, HPA organized a “2017 Pre-conference Seminar on Global Tobacco Control Policy.” Invitees included Dr. Elizabeth A Smith from the University of California San Francisco, Professor Prakit Vathesatogkit, Executive Secretary of the Action on Smoking and Health Foundation in Thailand and Professor Lam Tai-hing, school of Pubic Health, the University of Hong Kong. Local participant Dr. Kao Chih-wen discussed tobacco control policies in Taiwan as they related to FCTC/Endgame. This combination of local and overseas perspectives allowed the seminar to discuss tobacco control strategies in different countries and analyzed priorities with an eye to working towards the FCTC/Endgame. A total of 57 participants attended the seminar.