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Gov't aims to reduce smoking rate to around 10%
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The health ministry is drawing up a plan to reduce the smoking rate in Japan to around 10 percent, almost half the 23.4 percent in 2009, officials familiar with the move said Monday.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/01/23/20120123p2g00m0dm071000c.html
Japan Aims to Reduce Passive Smokers
Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry aims to substantially reduce the number of people at risk of being affected by secondhand smoking over 10 years from fiscal 2013 beginning in April next year.
One estimate shows that the number of passive smokers at home and restaurants can be reduced to some 30 pct of the current levels, ministry officials said.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2012012400121
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The health ministry is drawing up a plan to reduce the smoking rate in Japan to around 10 percent, almost half the 23.4 percent in 2009, officials familiar with the move said Monday.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/01/23/20120123p2g00m0dm071000c.html
Japan Aims to Reduce Passive Smokers
Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry aims to substantially reduce the number of people at risk of being affected by secondhand smoking over 10 years from fiscal 2013 beginning in April next year.
One estimate shows that the number of passive smokers at home and restaurants can be reduced to some 30 pct of the current levels, ministry officials said.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2012012400121