Passive smoking prevention
January 2018



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NHK is reporting the Wold's worst new Government's smoking restriction law.



An eating and drinking shop owner to support smoking inside


There is no restriction in smoking in my food shop. I believe what I have done so far, and looking at the regulars,
the ideal is as it is now.

In the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare under the umbrella of Minister of Health, Kato,
a separate smoking booth is allowed inside of a restaurant, and in a small size food shop, smoking
is freely allowed when the shop displays this is smoking facility.
The sorting line, whether a large or small is not determined yet; however, many members of LDP insist the line of 150$B-V(B.

In the past, all Olympic host countries have laid down indoor total smoking ban with a penalty.
Japan would first break the past no-smoking healthy tradition in 2020 Tokyo Olympic.

WHO and IOC agreed to promote smoke-free Olympic in 2010.

How are foreigners in town looking for smoking in a restaurant?


$B!&(BThis woman from UK shows clear discomfort for smoking in a restaurant. She stressed that in UK, in all restaurants, smoking is prohibited.
$B!&(BThis man from the US said a complete ban for smoking inside is the best choice.
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In many countries, smoke-free area is expanding. It is good that Japan will do so. A woman from Ausralia said.

This small size ( 30$B-V(B) bar owner prohibited smoking in a shop two years ago. At that time, 30% of guests are a smoker.
Store sales temporarily decreased after that; however, now, women, couples and foreigners have increased,
and sales have increased.
Picture source: NHK 'News 9' January 30, 2018





The worst anti-smoking measures have announced by Japanese Government in 2018.

A new proposal about smoking regulation by the Health Ministry of Japan in January 2018:
1. A smoking booth is allowed in a large-sized restaurant and bar.
2. Smoking is freely allowed in small-sized restaurant and bar when 'smoking sign' is posted
at the entrance into the facility.
3. How to classify is undetermined. Members of Liberal-Democratic Party ( Prime minister Abe,
Minister of Finance, Aso, etc.)
are requesting the line of 150sqm. If so, about 90 % of eating places s are included and,
in almost in all restaurants, smoking is allowed.
This appeared to be the worst anti-smoking measure in the World, neglecting the WHO and
IOC agreements.


Note
: Finnaly, it is determined that the maximum line for food industries is to be 100sqm,
for smoking is allowed inside of an eating place. This means that in about
55% of restaurants
and cafes, will be able to smoke. The new law will be enforced in April 2020.

Written by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D. PhD.



Political Background:


In June 2017, the former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Shiozaki has said that
the anti-smoke law should not be ashamed before the world. The minister
stressed that many citizens still suffer serious second-hand smoke in public facilities,
such as restaurants and workplaces. He also said,' For the 2020 Tokyo-Olympic,
we are responsible for succeeding the tradition of the Olympic without tobacco.

If a restricted exception was set up at a small-scale restaurant, the Minister said
that the principles and exceptions would reserve and in most restaurants and bars,
and the user can put a cigarette at a food-serving shop.

The flow of politics has changed greatly toward unfavorable direction, in August 2017.
Prime Minister Abe and Finance Minister, Aso dismissed Minister Shiozaki, because
he disagreed to a request of LDP members who admit smoking in the restaurant
and bars. As a result, the Tobacco Chairperson of LDP was nominated as a Minisiter in
demand of Tokyo Olympic Games. He is the brother in law of Finance Minister Aso.
At the same time, Representative Kato, who claims a separate smoking booth in
a restaurant, was newly appointed as the next Minister of Health.



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$B!!(BWHO Smoking should be banned in all public spaces.

Inspection by Dr. Judith Mackay, senior policy adviser, WHO

Dr. Judith Macky is a physician qualified by the Roral College of Physician,
born in England (UK) and lives in Hog Kong.


(L) Dr. Judith Macky is taking a picture of bending machine of tobacco, which is the world's best number.
(R) It is very strange to see a smoking area in a public space. She evaluated it as advanced initiatives.


An evaluation had changed soon after she inspected a restaurant.
This shop adopted the air-curtain system to prevent leaking a side-smoke to a non-smoking area, using a wind to blow down.

Dr. Judith Macky criticized strictly, saying we cannot prevent the side-smoke spreads to another area in the indoor space.
When we deter from diffusion of a harmful tobacco-smoke, it is necessary to produce the energy
equivalent to a tornado. It is impossible to settle the complete separate-anti-smoke system in a restaurant.

Dr. Judith Mackay said the tobacco policy in Japan is the worst in the world.
It is very important to establish the smoking restriction by law until 2020, when Tokyo Olympic will take place.
Picture source: NHK TV December 14, 2016

A video created by WHO to stop tobacco-industry-interference campaign.

$B!!(BHealth Ministry urges smoking ban for restaurants, other indoor spaces.

Japan should aim at a 100 percent ban on smoking indoors, instead of setting up smoking rooms,
the report said. The report cites a World Health Organization estimate showing secondhand
smoking causes around 15,000 deaths annually in Japan, making it one of
the worst for inaction
on passive smoking.


Revised law still allows smoking in most bars and restaurants.
The Asahi Shimbun July 28,2018



Trains


Olympic Games and a restriction of smoking in a train by the host countries

1948 XIV London (UK)$B!!!!!!!!(B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B
1952 XV Helsinki railways Helsinki$B!J(BFinland$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1956 XVI Australia rail trip Melbourne $B!J(BAustralia$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
Stockholm railways Stickholm$B!J(BSweden$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1960 XVII Italia rail trip Roma$B!J(BItaly$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1964 XVIII Japan high speed railways Tokyo$B!J(BJapan$B!K(B$B!!!!!!!!!!(B Smoking is allowed in a train.
1968 XIX Mexico City$B!J(BMexico$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!(BInadequate information
1972 XX Munich$B!J(BWest Germany$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1976 XXI Canada smoking ban Montral$B!J(BCanada$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1980 XXII Moscow$B!J(BSoviet Union$B!K!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1984 XXIII United States Los Angeles$B!J(BUnited States$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1988 XXIV Korea Seoul$B!J(BKorea$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1992 XXV Spain Barcelona$B!J(BSpain$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1994  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BNorway$B!!(BLillehammer$B!J(BNorway$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1996 XXVI United States Atlanta$B!J(BUnited State$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
1998  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BJapan high speed railways Nagano$B!J(BJapan$B!K(B $B!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!!!!!!!!!(B Smoking is allowed in a train.
2000 XXVII australia Sydney$B!J(BAustralia$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2002  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BUnited States$B!!(BSalt Lake City$B!J(BUnited State$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2004 XXVIII Greece Athenes$B!J(BGreece$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2006  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BItalia rail trip$B!!(BTurin$B!J(BItaly$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2008 XXIX China Beijing$B!J(BChina$B!K!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.$B!!(B
2010  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BCanada smoking ban$B!!(BVancouver$B!J(BCanada$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2012 XXX London$B!J(BUK$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2014  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(B$B!!(BSochi$B!J(BRussia$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!(B Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2016 XXXI Brazil Rio de Janeiro$B!J(BBrazil$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2018  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BKorea$B!!(BPyengchang County$B!J(BKorea$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!(B Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2020 XXXII Japan high speed railways$B!!(BTokyo$B!J(BJapan$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B$B!!!!(B $B!!(BSmoking is allowed in a train.
2022  $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(BChina$B!!(BBeijing$B!J(BChina$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!(BSmoking is prohibited in a train.
2024 XXXII $B9bB.E4F;LV7z@_(B$B!!(BParis$B!J(BFrance$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B $B!!(B $B!!(B Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2028 XXVIIII United States Los Angeles$B!J(BUSA$B!K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(B Smoking is prohibited in a train.


$B!z(BThis table shows the smoking ban in a train at the Olympic host countries in and after July 2014.
China Government charges 2,000 Yuan for a violation of smoking restriction in a high-speed train.
In UK, a penalty of the maximum 200 pounds is applied for a smoking at a smoke-free designated vehicle.
Japanese Government admit to installing a smoking booth in a train to support smoking act.




Wine-Red area indicates no nation-wide anti-smoking law.
However, the cities of Beijing and Shanghai in China prohibit smoking in a restaurant.
Copyright (C)2015 Junhaku Miyamoto All rights reserved.


China is trying to enhance to restrict a smoking inside the enclosed space: A trip to Beijing and Shanghai in 2019.



Smoking Regulation Awareness Survey in Japan
Do you support the indoor total smoking ban?



Smoking should be prohibited in all indoor public space 83.7%
The individual firms select the state of smoking restriction and show the outcome in the entrance 9.2%
A smoking-space separation in a facility 5.5%

Gender display of voters: Male, 61.8%, Female 36.6%
Source: Asahi Shimbun Awareness Survey on smoking regulation performed in April 2017.



Smoking Rate Investigation in Japan



Overall smoking rate: 17.9% of the total population in Japan
Gender display: Male, 27.8%, Year-on-year 0.4% decrease
Female 8.7%$B!!(BYear-on-year 0.3% decrease
Source. JT data May 2018
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US: Overall 15.5% (Gender display: Male, 17.5%, Female 13.5%) in 2016

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Picture source: NHK TV January 30, 2018
The article was written in January 2018, and revised in September 2018, by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Information was added in June 2019.



Hawaii

The poster of 'Welcome to Smoke-Free Dining' was permitted to use
by the courtesy of Clifford Chang, MPH, director, Coalition for
a Tobacco Free Hawaii, and the associated artists.


Special Note:
$B!!(BTwo South Kuril and two islands off Hokkaido are the own land of Japan.
$B!!(BSmoke-free hotels in Japan
$B!!(BDomestic travel in Japan
$B!!(BSmoke-free should be the minimum standard for the host city in the Olympic.
$B!!(BWHO: Smoking should be banned in all public spaces.
$B!!(BWorld population: seven billion v.s. Declining birth rate in Japan
$B!!(BNobody in the earth can destroy the natural beauty of the land.
$B!!(BTax saving's rental housing is mushrooming.


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