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Smoking is prohibited in all trains.

No-smoking policy in all trains throughout the world,
except that Japan only allows smoking in the train.
世界の鉄道車内は全面禁煙

No-smoking policy in all Amtrak trains ( USA )

Amtrak


Amtrak railway routes アムトラック路線図(アムトラックは全面禁煙)

(L) Southwest Chief ( Chicago-Los Angeles ) (R) Acela Express ( Boston-Washington,DC) 全面禁煙

Amtrak train serving Seattle and Chicago: two night and three-day trip
米国 Amtrak シアトル・シカゴ間 2泊3日間は喫煙禁止、全面禁煙(喫煙ブースを完全排除))


Where and When Smoking is Permitted: On Amtrak trains and other services where there is no smoking,
passengers may smoke on station platforms at longer stops only when announced by train crews.
Smoking devices, such as electronic cigarettes, are not allowed in any area on trains,
on Thruway services, in stations or in any other location where smoking is prohibited.

No-smoking policy in all VIA trains ( Canada )

The VIA rail offers a completely smoke-free environment in all our trains, as well as in all our stations.
The railway company wishes to thank smokers for their understanding and cooperation.
To know if smoking is permitted at certain stops along the way, please refer to your specific train
route below:

Trains in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor
No smoking is permitted during station stops.
Montreal-Halifax ( the Ocean ) and Montreal-Gaspe
You will be able to smoke when the train stops in Charny, New Carlisle, Campbellton and Moncton.
Toronto-Vancouver ( the Canadian )
You may get off the train to smoke during stops at Capreol, Hornepayne, SiouxLookout, Winnipeg,
Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Kamloops.
Winnipeg-Churchill

Those wishing to smoke will be able to do so during regular station stops at Pas, Thompson
and Gillam.


VIA train serving Vancouver and Toronto: three night and four-day trip
カナダ VIA バンコーバー・トロント間 3泊4日の間は喫煙禁止、全面禁煙(喫煙ブースを完全排除))

Enforcement of smoking regulations
VIA personnel are bound by law to enforce regulations.
Read about sanctions applicable to offenders before you board.

No-smoking policy in all TranzAlpine and TranzCoastal trains ( New Zealand)

The TranzAlpine train is reserved seating 'One Class Non Smoking' service.
The TranzCoastal train is reserved seating 'One Class/Non Smoking' service.


TranzAlpine and TranzCoastal trains ( New Zealand )
ニュージランド山岳列車および海岸列車は全面禁煙

A separate smokers' capsule provided in Indian Pacific ( Australia ) was removed.

Smoking is already prohibited on trains and covered stations, and this ban will now be extended to include
all platforms and interchanges, regardless of whether they are covered or not. From January 2013, smoking
is banned at all public transport stops and stations in NSW ( New South Wales ).
The law extends the smoking ban to cover the outdoor areas of bus stops, railway platforms, ferry wharves,
taxi ranks and light rail stations.

No-smoking policy in all trains in France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Norway and Denmark


(L) TVG Bar-car at Paris Rail Terminal (M) Portugal's AP Express train(R) Spain's AVE Renfe express train
(L) フランス TVG Bar-car (M) ポルトガル急行列車 (R) スペイン AVE Renfe 急行列車は全面禁煙

Federal law prohibits smoking in a railway train in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy. Deutsche Bahn
banned smoking on all trains in the country. In 2005, total ban was enforced for all trains in Switcherland.
No-smoking rule has been applied for train in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Total smoking ban was
enforced in trains and railway stations in Belgium.


German's ICE and Austrian Railjet ドイツ ICE とオーストリア Railjet(完全禁煙)

A restaurant car in a Swiss train and German train
(L) スイス鉄道レストラン (R)ドイツ鉄道レストラン(完全禁煙)

The Railjet is a high-speed OBB (Austrian Railways) train and non-smoking. All trains run at Swiss Federal
Railways and at German railways (DB) are smokefree. No-smoking vehicle nor smoking booth is provided.

No-smoking policy in all trains in Ireland and UK


No smoking in the express train between Dublin and Belfast.
ダブリン、ベルファースト間列車は全面禁煙

All public transport needs to display no-smoking symbol, in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

No-smoking policy in all trains in Taiwan, Thailand, Korea and in India


(L) Taiwan high-speed railway train (R) Taiwan local railway train
(L) 台湾高速鉄道 (R) 台湾ロ−カル鉄道:台湾の鉄道は全面禁煙

Federal law prohibits smoking in trains in Taiwan. India enforced a complete smoking ban at rail station and
in trains. No smoking is allowed in Thailand. However, the writer observed a few smokers were put the light
on the rear deck of a train. Smoking is not permitted on any of Korean trains or stations, including open
railway plateform.


(L) Korean super-express train (R) In all Indian rail trains, smoking is prohibited.

(L) 韓国高速鉄道は全面禁煙 (R) インドの鉄道は全面禁煙

Smoking on trains is banned in many countries. With stricter more bans coming into effect every year, train
passengers should count on being able to smoke in the train vehicle. Until a few years ago, smoking booth was
provided in the vehicle of the Indian Pacific, Australia; however, it has been removed. At present, no smoking
is permitted onboard at all. In June 2013, a small smoking booth set in the Aurola-Borealis-Express train in
Finland has been abolished. Since smoking is prohibited in all super-express trains in China, the only operating
smoking vehicles supported by law, at the point of March 2017, would be in Japan. This is because of a poor
understanding in the adverse effect of a tobacco-smoke, which is observed in the three major railway
companies and health officials of Japanese government.


All Chinese high-speed rains are smoke-free.


Chinese high-speed train 中国全土の高速鉄道は全面禁煙

All Russian Trains are smoke-free.


Sapson ロシアの高速列車、サプソンは全面禁煙

Siemens-made high-speed train, Sapson connects 650 km length in 3 hours 50 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes,
between two megalopolis of Russia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. It is a major traffic artery in the north-west
region of Russia.

A high-speed train connecting Saint Petersburg with Moscow, Sapsan
( Video running time: 61 minutes )


Allegro フィンランド、ロシア間を走る国際列車、アレグロは全面禁煙


The Allegro is a high-speed train service between Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia. The express train
runs between Helsinki and Saint Petersburg in 3 hours and 36 minutes. The units are equipped for both the
Finnish and Russian railway technical systems. Doors have a retractable step to make boarding from both
Finnish 550 mm-high and Russian 1,100 mm-high platforms easy.


Allegro express trains linking Saint Petersburg, Russai and Helsinki, Finland
( Video running time: 55 minutes )

Long-distance trains of the Canadian (the distance traveled: 4,466 km) and the Southwest Chief
(the distance traveled: 3,645 km) prohibit smoking inside of trains. The Indian Pacific
(the distance traveled: 4,352 km) in Australia and all Russian trains, including the Trans-Siberian Railway,
are smokefree and no passengers can smoke.


Indoor smoking ban in each country
'一匹狼の国' 口絵より引用--著者自身が自己の現地検証と複数の信頼できる資料をもとに作成
ワインレッド色:屋内全面禁煙を強いる国法がなく、制定に向け具体的な動きがない国で、日本と中国などが該当する
日本と違うことは、中国では全高速列車車内は完全禁煙、首都北京および大都市、上海では全ての飲食店など公共的空間は全面禁煙と
なっている

Copyright (C)2015 Junhaku Miyamoto All rights reserved.
「一匹狼の国」口絵より転載:画像は著作権法によって保護されています(複写転載禁止)



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

1948 XIV London (UK)              
1952 XV Helsinki railways Helsinki(Finland)            Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1956 XVI Australia rail trip Melbourne (Australia)         Smoking is prohibited in a train.
Stockholm railways Stickholm(Sweden)          Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1960 XVII Italia rail trip Roma(Italy)              Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1964 XVIII Japan high speed railways Tokyo(Japan)      Smoking is allowed in a train ( JR Tokai ).
1968 XIX Mexico City(Mexico)          Inadequate information
1972 XX Munich(West Germany)        Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1976 XXI Canada smoking ban Montral(Canada)           Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1980 XXII Moscow(Soviet Union)        Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1984 XXIII United States Los Angeles(United States)      Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1988 XXIV Korea Seoul(Korea)             Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1992 XXV Spain Barcelona(Spain)           Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1994      Norway Lillehammer(Norway)        Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1996 XXVI United States Atlanta(United State)         Smoking is prohibited in a train.
1998      Japan high speed railways Nagano(Japan)           Smoking is prohibited in a train( JR East ).
2000 XXVII australia Sydney(Australia)           Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2002      United States Salt Lake City(United State)      Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2004 XXVIII Greece Athenes(Greece)            Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2006        Italia rail trip Turin(Italy)              Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2008 XXIX China Beijing(China)              Smoking is prohibited in a train. 
2010        Canada smoking ban Vancouver(Canada)          Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2012 XXX London(UK)              Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2014         Sochi(Russia)              Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2016 XXXI Brazil Rio de Janeiro(Brazil)          Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2018        Korea Pyengchang County(Korea)       Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2020 XXXII Japan high speed railways Tokyo(Japan)           Smoking is allowed in a train ( JR Tokai ).
2022        China Beijing(China)              Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2024 XXXII 高速鉄道網建設 Paris(France)            Smoking is prohibited in a train.
2028 XXVIIII United States Los Angeles(USA)            Smoking is prohibited in a train.


This 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.


The smoking space in a train is necessary for all smokers? Is that the superb service to a train passenger?
A smoking booth or smoking vehicle is provided in a super-express train operated by three major Japanese
railway companies
.
All sleeper-trains in Japan, except for Seven-Stars by JR-Kyushu, are connecting a smoking vehicle.
JR-West and JR-East's new deluxe sleeper-trains provide smoking vehicles, that start operation in 2017.


China prohibited smoking in all high-speed trains.
During a trip, all the carriages are closed and equipped with smoke-alarms, so smoking is banned, not even
in the connections of cars or toilets. According to the Railway Security Management Regulation, which newly
released by the State Council, smoking is banned on high-speed trains and the non-smoking area of other
trains. Those who violate the regulation will be fined CNY500- 2,000.
The law was enforced in January 2014.
Reference: TravelChinaGuide. com

Japan is the only country which allows a smoking car and express car with smoking booth.
Among the advanced industrial counties, Japan is the sole nation in which a smoking car is running.
Japanese Government allows smoking in the railway trains: however, a few Japanese people have doubted
about that it is very unusual thing.


Narita airport smoking rooms Three major Japanese railway companies think that the smoking car and/or smoking booth
in a train are the superb service for train passengers.

Narita airport smoking rooms All sleeper-trains in Japan are connecting a smoking vehicle.
Narita airport smoking rooms JR's N700 high-speed train provides a smoking room.
The smoking room in the train infringes the health of the passengers.
Narita airport smoking rooms Kinki-Nippon Railway Company claims the necessity of installing the room for smokers in all express trains.
The smoking room in the train adversely affects the health of the passengers.

Tobacco sales in Japan Kyushu Shinkansen provides a smoking room.
Tobacco sales in JapanA new
( 2017 ) deluxe sleeper-train by JR-West and JR-East provides smoking vehicle.
Smoking booth of Odakyu Electric Company was closed
in March 2007.
Narita airport smoking rooms Smoking booth of JR Shikoku's express train was closed in March 2011.
LDP Japan neglects smoking ban The smoking space in a train is necessary for all smokers? Is that the superb service to a train passenger
?
   A smoking booth or smoking vehicle is provided in a super-express train operated by JR-Tokai and
JR-West.
Japan Sapporo airport smoking rooms All Hokuriku shinkansen trains are smoke-free.

All Hokuriku shinkansen trains are smoke-free.



Narita airport smoking rooms Smoking Room in Airport Narita Airport provides at least 43smoking rooms, the world's second largest. 
Tokyo Haneda airport smoking rooms Smoking Room in Airport Haneda Airport provides 69 smoking rooms, the world's largest. 
Japan Sapporo airport smoking rooms Smoking Room in Airport: A door-less smoking room in the New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido




Health ministry urges smoking ban for restaurants, other indoor spaces.

Japan should aim at a 100 per cent ban on smoking indoors, instead of setting up smoking rooms.
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.
Source: The Japan Times August 31, 2016
Attention: We found that the smoking restriction proposed by Japanese Government is excluding in a railway train.

 Health Ministry Panel 2016:
  Japan's effort to curb exposure to secondhand smoke is one of the worst in the world.



鉄道喫煙規制日本語版



This video was up in YouTube by Anthony Leong.

列車内喫煙を許している国、日本
世界の鉄道車内は完全禁煙


2017年9月、日本タバコフリー学会画像引用

2017年9月、日本タバコフリー学会画像引用

米国、カナダの広大な大地を走り抜ける大陸横断鉄道、縦断鉄道列車内の喫煙は禁止されている。カナダ、
バンクーバー・トロント間、4,466 kmを4泊5日間で走る ( The Canadian ) でも、アムトラック、シカゴ、
ロスアンジェルス間, 3,645キロを3泊4日間で走る旅 ( Southwest Chief )でも全面禁煙とされており、
一日に2回程度、指定された停車駅のホームで喫煙できるように設定されている。


2017年9月、日本タバコフリー学会画像引用

2017年9月、日本タバコフリー学会画像引用

一方、オーストラリアではシドニー・パース間のオーストラリア大陸横断鉄道、4,352キロ、3日間
走行する列車(Indian Pacific train )に喫煙ブースが設けられていた。しかし現在、完廃されており、
今では列車内では喫煙出来ない。筆者は、2009年にフィンランドの首都、ヘルシンキから北極圏に
向かう夜行列車に、二人用の小さな喫煙ブースがついていたのを確認している。スウェーデンなど
他のヨ−ロッパ諸国との乗り入れのない国であり、珍しい存在だ。しかし、こ車内喫煙室は2013年
6月に廃止された。2014年6月からは、9,289キロを6泊7日で走るシベリア鉄道を含む、全ロシアの
鉄道列車は全面禁煙となっている。
現在、喫煙できる車両を合法的に運行しているのは, 日本だけの
ようである。
しかし、国民はそれを極めて異常なことと認識していない。


2017年9月、日本タバコフリー学会画像引用

The 10 longest nonstop flight in the World(比較参考)

今や16時間以上の飛行時間のフライトもめずらしくない。この間は無論、完全禁煙である。新幹線、
東京・博多間の所要時間は6時間以内。近鉄特急の大阪・名古屋間は2時間30分以内。この間、なぜ
禁煙していることが出来ないのか? JR東海、JR西日本、近鉄は『鉄道車内喫煙禁止の世界ルール』
を完全無視、タバコ中毒乗客をサポート、一般乗客に健康被害をもたらしている。

世界50カ国以上では「食事中の喫煙はとても素晴らしい」との喫煙者の要望を受け、飲食店内を
喫煙可としているところはない。6時間、タバコを吸わないと耐えられない人は明らかにタバコの
薬物中毒者であり、治療の必要な人々である。車内喫煙設備のもたらす負の結果は、疾病の治療開始
時期を遅らせ、さらに列車内の周囲の人々に不本意な健康障害を誘発する。こうした忌むべき車内
喫煙設備の悪影響も認識も出来ない鉄道会社の判断力には致命的な欠陥がある

さらに車内での喫煙行為を明確に禁止し、罰則規定を設けていない日本政府の姿勢こそ問題である。
1900年に施行された鉄道営業法で鉄道車内の禁煙場所で喫煙した時の罰金を10円以下と定めたが、
戦後、10,000円以下と改定された。しかし、鉄道車両内での喫煙行為自体についての禁止事項、
罰則規定はないし、2017年現在の政府の受動喫煙防止法原案でも、喫煙室を設けている限り、喫煙
行為を禁止事項としていない。

「一匹狼の国」著者 医学博士 宮本順伯



全車禁煙とは、車内に喫煙ブース、喫煙する空間のない完全禁煙の状態を指す。

世界基準とは全く異なり、日本政府は密閉された列車内での喫煙行為を認め、喫煙室の設置を許しており、
2020年以降も「機密性の高い列車内での喫煙行為」を禁止することなく、サポートする「世界で唯一の国」
となっている。幸い、JR東日本、JR北海道、JR四国では夜行列車を除き列車内喫煙を禁止しているが、
米国、カナダでは3泊4日の寝台列車でも車内での喫煙行為を排除、ロシアでは6泊7日で走行するシベリア
鉄道を含め、すべての列車に喫煙室を設けていない。

JR東海、JR西日本、近畿日本鉄道では堂々と、喫煙車両、または喫煙室を併設した列車を運行させ、将来も
喫煙ブースを廃止する意向を全く示していない。今までのオリンピック開催国では考えられなかった事態で
あり、諸外国では日本の開催国としての適性に大きな疑いを抱くことになる。また、世界各国が列車内の
ような閉鎖空間内での喫煙行為を厳しく取り締まっているなか、日本は閉鎖空間内の喫煙行為を保護しており、
国内の乗客を含め、最近増加してきている海外からの旅行者の顰蹙(ひんしゅく)を買うことは必至である。
早急に世界基準に合致した規制、列車内での喫煙室設置を禁止する立法措置が求められている。

「一匹狼の国」著者 医学博士 宮本順伯




 WHO:日本における鉄道車内喫煙規制は前世紀並み

 列車内の喫煙室を上質の旅客サービスと考える(時代錯誤の)JR 東海、JR 西日本
・・技術は優れているが、判断力は最低

Three major Japanese railway companies think that the smoking car and/or smoking booth
in a train are the superb service for train passengers.

The smoking room in the train infringes the health of the passengers.(英語版)

 2017年、JR西日本とJR東日本の豪華寝台列車に(乗客の健康無視の)喫煙車両を新規製造
堂々と喫煙車両を運行する健康無視の近畿日本鉄道(タバコ有害煙と共に走る近鉄特急)


 Health Ministry Panel 2016:
  Japan's effort to curb exposure to secondhand smoke is one of the worst in the world.
The smoking room in the train adversely affects the health of the passengers. (英語版)

2012年、喫煙室を排除した人気の完全禁煙「レールスター」を廃止
Seven-Starsを除く、すべての夜行寝台に喫煙車両を連結
新幹線 N700 に喫煙ブース
九州新幹線に喫煙ブース
北陸新幹線は完全禁煙

 France フランス 2004年 TGVを全車禁煙 
    2006年 在来線を全車禁煙
    2007年 法令により公共交通機関をすべて禁煙
 Germany ドイツ
20079月 法令により鉄道全車両を禁煙、タクシーも全車禁煙 
 Italy
2004年12月 イタリア 法令により鉄道車内を全車禁煙 Italia rail trip
 Korea 韓国
2003年に鉄道、バスを全車禁煙 Korea
 台湾
2009年に鉄道、バスを全車禁煙 Taiwan railways
 中国
2014年 高速鉄道を全車禁煙 China
 USA 米国
2004年 全車禁煙 United States smoking ban
 Canada .カナダ
2004年(時期推定) 全車禁煙 Canada smoking ban
 Russia ロシア 2014年 長距離列車を含むすべての列車内での喫煙禁止 

ロシア喫煙規制

今までタバコに寛容だったロシアが、ソチオリンピックを契機に屋内での喫煙行為を完全禁止した。
「釣り針を断ち切ろう!」
と、ロシア保健省は大きな公共広告を街中に掲示し、喫煙者がタバコ会社の
糸に操られ、やがては死に至る様を警告している。ほとんどの国ではホテルの喫煙客室の設定をホテル
側の裁量に任しているが、ここロシアでは2014年6月から喫煙客室の全面廃止とホテル屋内での喫煙
行為を禁止している。レストランおよびバーも例外ではない。屋内施設では全面禁煙となっており、
飲食店側もそれを当然のこととして受け止めている。喫煙を許していた、9,289キロを6泊7日かけて走る
長距離列車内でも、いまや喫煙行為は全く不可。「一匹狼の国」 35頁記載

日本の新幹線、JR東海、JR西日本、近畿日本鉄道、JRの夜行列車には喫煙車両を連結(または喫煙ブース)
を設置しているが、このような非健康的な野蛮行為を認めている国は皆無である。国民の健康を守ることが
第一か、世界で実施されている鉄道車内規制を無視して、タバコ税収を優先させて喫煙者の主張を守り
抜いていくか、政府当局の判断能力が試されている。

豪華寝台列車、オリエント急行は全車禁煙(英国およびEU圏内では全車禁煙)European Union


All Hokuriku shinkansen trains are smoke-free.

日本で唯一、全車禁煙のクルーズ寝台、七つ星 (JR九州) 
This is the first time that sleeper-train prohibits smoking inside.
The next: A newly introduced smokefree deluxe sleeper-train in Kyushu, Japan

全車禁煙の豪華急行、Royal Express (伊豆急、東急電鉄)


世界の鉄道車内は全面禁煙
執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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The contents and photographs were provided by Junhaku Miyamoto, MD, PhD.
The article was written in August 2010, and a final revision was made in August 2023.
Copyright (C) 2010 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.


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