Passengers have complained that there are no smoking facilities in any of the terminals. Taoyuan's old smoking rooms were closed after the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act came into effect two months ago. The rooms did not comply with the Act, media reported yesterday.

The dearth of smoking facilities has forced the desperate to secretly smoke in the toilets.

"You get fined NT$3,000 if you get caught," he said.

"There is simply nowhere else I can smoke, let me just take two puffs!" a cleaning lady who cleans toilets at Taoyuan said.

Director of terminal operations at Taoyuan, Hsia Deng-ke said: "This is an inconvenience for transiting passengers. We have conveyed this message to the Department of Health to let consider our request."