Skepticism grows over feasibility of 'nonsmoking' Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Residents and government officials in areas hosting Olympic events are concerned whether the blanket smoking ban planned at the competition venues will be properly observed during the 2020 Games.
Doctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in U.S.
As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping products. No deaths have been reported, but at least a few have come close. Some patients have likened onset of the ...
U.S. FDA makes new push for tobacco industry to put graphic warning labels on cigarettes
U.S. health officials are making a new attempt at adding graphic images to cigarette packets to discourage Americans from lighting up. If successful, it would be the first change to U.S. cigarette warnings in 35 years. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed 13 ...
A vaping industry group is suing the U.S. government to delay a review of electronic cigarettes. The Vapor Technology Association said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration's deadline of next May could wipe out many of the smaller companies in ...
New measures are a first big step to stamping out passive smoking, but much more can and should be done.
The Railway Board has adopted a plan suggested by Mrs. Takahashi, Tokyo Station master, to connect special cars to the Shimonoseki express train that leaves Tokyo at 4 p.m. daily, exclusively for the use of female students who are going home for the summer ...
New law bans indoor smoking at Japan's government buildings and schools
A new law targeting smoking took effect Monday banning people from lighting up indoors on government agency, school and hospital premises, with more establishments like bars and restaurants to face similar rule changes next year. Under the revised Health Promotion Law, fines of up to ...
Universities divided over whether or not to enforce no-smoking rules
With Japan's revised health promotion law, which includes enhanced measures against secondhand smoke, set to partially take effect at the beginning of July, universities across the country are divided over rules governing smoking. The partial implementation prohibits smoking in principle at the premises of public ...
App developed by Keio University and startup proves effective in helping smokers quit
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Friday, smokers who have been fighting a lonely battle against nicotine addiction were given another option in their quest to kick the habit. Keio University and CureApp Inc., a Tokyo-based medical technology startup, announced Thursday that a clinical ...
Mitsubishi Chemical to ban employees from smoking during work hours, wherever they are
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Tuesday that it will ban employees from smoking during working hours, an unusual move for a major Japanese chemical company. The ban, slated to go into effect from next April, is aimed at protecting employees from secondhand smoke, said the core ...
Philip Morris says it doesn't want you to buy its cigarettes, but will IQOS help it survive?
How can a company that tells people explicitly not to buy its products survive? That's a question for Philip Morris International Inc., which recently unveiled a campaign to "unsmoke" the world. The Marlboro maker reports first-quarter earnings on Thursday, giving investors the latest data on ...
Preparations for 2020 Tokyo Olympics transforming capital into 'global standard' city
Foreign-language signs are increasingly common along streets, cashless payment is becoming available at more shops and restaurants and ashtrays are vanishing from public spaces. Change is afoot in Tokyo. The capital is rapidly transforming into a "global standard" city with these moves ahead of the ...
