Possible Smoking Ban in Kanagawa Prefecture
Looks like Kanagawa Prefecture could possibly getting a regional smoking ban as of March next year similar to bans in other countries according to this article.
The ban, if enabled would ban smoking 100% in bars, restaurants, amusement venues, schools, hospitals and department stores which I think would be just simply incredible especially for Japan!
Kazuko Hara who drafted the bill had this to say, "Smoking bans are a global trend. This is also part of our campaign to reduce the risks from passive smoking, which may cause lung and other cancers among non-smokers."
Well done! Fingers crossed!
(I wonder if this ban would include pachinko parlours?)
The article also has some interesting stats on the amount of smokers in Japan. Apparently the percent of Japanese people who smoke is now down to 26 percent. Not bad!
A search for comparisons found that 15 percent of Australians smoke.
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The ban, if enabled would ban smoking 100% in bars, restaurants, amusement venues, schools, hospitals and department stores which I think would be just simply incredible especially for Japan!
Kazuko Hara who drafted the bill had this to say, "Smoking bans are a global trend. This is also part of our campaign to reduce the risks from passive smoking, which may cause lung and other cancers among non-smokers."
Well done! Fingers crossed!
(I wonder if this ban would include pachinko parlours?)
The article also has some interesting stats on the amount of smokers in Japan. Apparently the percent of Japanese people who smoke is now down to 26 percent. Not bad!
A search for comparisons found that 15 percent of Australians smoke.
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Labels: Smoke Free News
posted by Brad @ Tuesday, April 22, 2008
3 Comments:
At Tue Apr 22, 10:35:00 pm 2008 ,
Anonymous said...
Doubt it'll go through. Too radical. Can't imagine izakaya owners would be too happy about it. But if it does happen to go through, look for oyajis to crowd the South Tokyo joints.
At Wed Apr 23, 12:17:00 am 2008 ,
Anonymous said...
If this goes through, I am DEFINITELY moving back to Kanagawa!! This is possibly the best news I've heard in my entire Japan-life!! :O
I can't WAIT for Tokyo to catch on and do this too!! If it happens in Kanagawa, it's only a matter of time!
At Sun Apr 27, 10:54:00 pm 2008 ,
Brad said...
Well Tokyo is an "Olympic Candidate" (whatever that means) so maybe they might make the laws stricter to increase their chances?
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