
Business Nov 21, 2020
Japan and Indonesia were ranked at the bottom of the list, with the United States also having a poor showing.
Japan and Indonesia were ranked at the bottom of the list, with the United States also having a poor showing.
The smoking rate for men has been falling since peaking at 48.4 percent in 2001.
Pandemic and new app give Osaka city's smokers incentive to kick the habit
Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, which launched the program last year, has seen a roughly threefold increase in users since the pandemic began.
Nagoya smokers struggle to light up after station shuts smoking area
People face a ¥2,000 fine if they violate a ban on smoking near Nagoya Station.
Overshadowed by pandemic, Japan's ban on indoor smoking goes into effect
A law banning indoor smoking in principle took full effect across the nation on Wednesday as part of an effort to protect people from passive smoking going into the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The revised health promotion law bans smoking at restaurants, hotels and ...
Vaping could compound health risks tied to new coronavirus, U.S. FDA says
Vaping may leave users with underlying health conditions at higher risk of serious complications if they contract the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. "People with underlying health issues, such as heart or lung problems, may have ...
Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier?
How has Japan seemingly escaped the spread of the coronavirus when other countries have suffered so badly?
Saudi women smoke in public to 'complete' their newfound freedoms
"Rima" settles into a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully and, seeing no one she recognizes, drags on her electronic cigarette and exhales a cloud of smoke. "I feel that smoking in public is a part of exercising my newly won freedoms. ...
Quitting smoking reverses lung cell damage, study says, even after decades
Smokers can effectively turn back time in their lungs by kicking the habit, with healthy cells emerging to replace some of their tobacco-damaged and cancer-prone ones, a new study shows. Smokers have long been told their risk of developing diseases like lung cancer will fall ...
Low-income people in Japan more likely to smoke, health ministry report reveals
Smoking rates among low-income people exceed those of their higher-income counterparts, the health ministry said in a national health and nutrition survey report Tuesday. The survey showed that one in three men with an annual income of less than ¥2 million smokes. "Health disparities remain in ...
U.S. prefers mass hysteria to sound policy on vaping
Protecting kids from nicotine shouldn't matter more than saving the lives of millions of smokers.