Japan - City assembly votes down anti-smoking proposal amid opposition from shop owners

[makoto]

City assembly votes down anti-smoking proposal amid opposition from shop owners

NAGAREYAMA, Chiba -- The city assembly here on Dec. 16 voted down a proposal to ban smoking areas at public facilities and either ban smoking or separate smoking...

[makoto]

Japan to Provide Subsidies for Restaurant, Hotel Smoking Rooms

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry said Thursday it will create a subsidy program aimed at promoting smoking rooms and ventilators at restaurants and hotels...

[makoto]

Health minister wants more tobacco tax hikes

Japan's new health minister says she wants the tobacco tax to be raised as a way to encourage more people to quit smoking......

Monday, September 05, 2011 17:19 +0900 (JST)...

[makoto]

Pfizer anti-smoking drug tied to blackouts

A U.S.-made drug to help smokers quit has been tied to several cases of impaired awareness, causing at least one car crash, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on Aug. 30..........

[makoto]

20% of young student smokers quit habit on price hike in Japan
*The legal smoking age in Japan is 20

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Some 20 percent of middle and high school student smokers in Japan quit the habit on a sharp cigarette price hike...

[sharon sanders]

Chronic Disease Prevention Toolkit

Welcome to Chronic Disease Prevention Toolkit! This section contains publications, tools, and other resources related to chronic disease prevention...

[AlaskaDenise]

Washington, Feb 10 : The immune system of smokers with chronic lung diseases can backfire, and actually worsen their condition, according to new University of Cincinnati (UC) research.

In the pre-clinical study, UC environmental health...