Brisbane is the state capital of Queensland, Australia and is the largest city in the state. The city population
is estimated about 2 million and the third-largest city in Australia. It is located along the Brisbane River on
a flat floodplain between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in the southeastern Queensland.


(L) Brisbane is faced to the Moreton Bay, north of Gold Coast.
(R) Air view of Brisbane city area. Brisbane river in the center, flow through the city of Brisbane before emptying into Moreton Bay.


A lot of people were flooded into the city of Brisbane, might be because of Sunday. However, person
smoking was negligible.A strong action of tobacco control could affect this scene. Smokers are found
only nearby a casino. Future of this country is bright with the healthy-minded youth.


(L) Museum of Brisbane (R) A fruit shop at the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, Queensland
　
(L) Young women walking with naked feet at the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane
(R) Many youngsters are spending their time together. No one is smoking at all.
　
(L) No-smoking sign at the ticket office at the Brisbane Transit Centres
(M) An information board notifying the total smoking ban in all facilities related with the Brisbane Transit Centres of starting April of 2007
(R) A warning notice of fine $150, that is posted at the Brisbane Transit Centres.

No-smoking sign at the platform of Brisbane Domestic Airport Station, the terminal of Airtrain for the city and Gold Coast
The Airtrain railway company provides the Door-to-Door service to Gold Coast from Brisbane Airports.
However, it takes 90 minutes to the nearest station, Nerang. An express train is not running.
The distance from Nerang to Surfers Paradise is 11 km. It takes about 20 minutes by car.

(L) The sign board of the main entrance of Mercure Hotel Brisbane
The Mercure Hotel has 198 total guest rooms. Of these, 40 rooms ( about 20% of total ) are smoking rooms, which
are located on the floors of 3rd, 8th and 10th floor. All restaurants and bars are smoke-free.
(M) No-smoking sign pasted on the entrance glass of Quay West, a luxury hotel in Brisbane.
(R) Brisbane River and a city highway network

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Smoking Restriction at Hotels in the World: Actual Survey
The ratio of a non-smoking guest room to the total hotel rooms was calculated,
based on-the-spot investigation.

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Total smoking Ban in hotels at Moscow, Russia 2014
Total smoking Ban in hotels at Saint Pertersburg, Russia 2014

クイーンズランド州喫煙規制

日曜日ということもあってこの日のブリスベンの街には沢山の人でぎわっていた。しかし、喫煙している人は
カジノの脇など、ごく僅かであった。クイーンズランド州政府の強いタバコ規制の効果がすでに出ているように
感じられた。若さ溢れるこの国の将来は明るい。

法律で屋内すべての公共空間、職場、共用の場所における喫煙が禁止された。ケアンズなど日本人若者が多い
観光地では喫煙規制にとまどいを見せるシーンもあるようだが、新禁煙法ではホテルの喫煙ルームの存続は
許されている。 ブリスベンのMercure Hotel は14階建てであるが、3階、8階（4部屋のみ）と10階の
フロアが喫煙ゲストルームとなっている。全客室198 のうち喫煙ルームは40で、その割合は約20％である。
ホテル内のレストラン・バーは法律により全面禁煙となっていた。

Australia 2007-2012
Australia Airport of Australia Northern Territory Kangaroo Island Adelaide Noosa Heads
Brisbane casino Brisbane railways Tobacco law in Queensland Western Australia Tasmania
Plain packaging of tobacco
Australia 2014
Arrival to Australia Canberra Railways in NSW Sydney East coast of New South Wales
Gold Coast Smoking ban in hotels of Canberra and Sydney Smoking ban in hotels of the sea-resort
Smoking ban in hotels of Gold Coast Tobacco control in Australia 2014 Departure from Australia


ブリスベーン市
執筆　医学博士　宮本順伯
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The article was written and photographs were taken by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto, in May 2007.
An information was added in October 2014.
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