You can compare the laws against smoking with other countries at this Website.
http://bun-en.web.infoseek.co.jp/sf_leg/
You would be surprised to know that how Japan is not so strict on smoking. Though there is the national health promotion law in Japan, it doesn't state about smoking so clearly.
Japan is known as one of developed countries, but Japan is developing country with smoking.
2007年7月5日木曜日
2007年6月21日木曜日
Tobacco can kill your precious person.
Smoking can take away your life.
What's even worse, it can take away your precious person.
In this video, we can see how much tabacco damaged one's body and life.
Smokers know smoking is bad for their health, but they still smoke.
After watching this video,
...do you still say 'I won't quit smoking' ?
Not against smokin
I'm not against smoking, the reason why for that is because I smoke. Smoking cigarettes ain't never done me nothing wrong so far, my mom is concerned about me smoking, saying it's not good for my health, but I think I'm okay. These regulation things going on these days, if they want to regulate, why do they still sell cigarettes at vending machines? I guess the first thing they should do is not selling them to teenagers. I'm commenting like i'm against smoking, but I'm not. Smoking in taxis have been banned in some parts of Japan, if they are doing the same thing in Tokyo, I don't think I can take it.
2007年6月20日水曜日
Smoking Ban in Spain
Spaniards have been among the world's most enthusiastic smokers since tobacco was brought back to Spain by Christopher Columbus from the Americas. It is said that the cause of Spaniards' death is smoking. About 50000 Spaniards a year die as a result of the habit, and 1500 non-smokers are also thought to die of passive smoking.
At the start of this year, Spain introduced a smoking ban. It completely bans smoking in offices and so on. Restaurants, bars, and cafeterias whose floor space is less than 100 square meters have to ban smoking . However, according to a study, only 10% of small bars and 15% of small restaurants have banned smoking. In addition, smoking was still permitted in many hospital cafeterias. It became clear that the new law didn't mean a big change for smokers.
First of all, I was surprised to know that Spaniards are great tobacco consumers. At the same time, the awareness of Spanish smokers to smoking seems to be not enough. I think it means there are still many people who are irritated with secondhand smoke. As this article said, smoking affects not only smokers' health but also nonsmokers' health, so it is ridiculous that people who don't smoke die of smoking-related diseases.
Thomas, Catan. "Smoking ban in Spain gets lost in the clouds of tobacco." The Daily Yomiuri 03 June 2007: 13.
At the start of this year, Spain introduced a smoking ban. It completely bans smoking in offices and so on. Restaurants, bars, and cafeterias whose floor space is less than 100 square meters have to ban smoking . However, according to a study, only 10% of small bars and 15% of small restaurants have banned smoking. In addition, smoking was still permitted in many hospital cafeterias. It became clear that the new law didn't mean a big change for smokers.
First of all, I was surprised to know that Spaniards are great tobacco consumers. At the same time, the awareness of Spanish smokers to smoking seems to be not enough. I think it means there are still many people who are irritated with secondhand smoke. As this article said, smoking affects not only smokers' health but also nonsmokers' health, so it is ridiculous that people who don't smoke die of smoking-related diseases.
Thomas, Catan. "Smoking ban in Spain gets lost in the clouds of tobacco." The Daily Yomiuri 03 June 2007: 13.
2007年5月31日木曜日
CTFA
CTFA(Coalition for Tobacco Free Armenia) is Armenian non-gocernmental organization. CTFA aims at improving health of public thruogh reduction of smoking-attributable morbidity, disability and mortality and promotion of healthy non-smoking lifestyle in Armenia.
The major activities of CTFA are conference, talk-show on tobacco advertisement, and so on.
Any organization interested in the anti-tobaccco movement and which has not recieved any support from local or interenational tobacco industry is eligible to join CTFA.
The major activities of CTFA are conference, talk-show on tobacco advertisement, and so on.
Any organization interested in the anti-tobaccco movement and which has not recieved any support from local or interenational tobacco industry is eligible to join CTFA.
2007年5月23日水曜日
The role of smoking
The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. Source:NIH.
Smoking, particularly of cigarettes, is by far the main contributor to lung cancer, which at least in theory makes it one of the easiest diseases to prevent. In the United States, smoking is estimated to account for 87% of lung cancer cases (90% in men and 79% in women), and in the UK for 90%. Cigarette smoke contains 19 known carcinogens including radioisotopes from the radon decay sequence, nitrosamine, and benzopyrene. Additionally, nicotine appears to depress the immune response to malignant growths in exposed tissue. The length of time a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked increases the person's chances of developing lung cancer. If a person stops smoking, these chances steadily decrease as damage to the lungs is repaired and contaminant particles are gradually vacated. More recent work has shown that, across the developed world, almost 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. In addition, there is evidence that lung cancer in never-smokers has a better prognosis than in smokers, and that patients who smoke at the time of diagnosis have shorter survival than those who have quit.Passive smoking—the inhalation of smoke from another's smoking— is claimed to be a cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Studies from the USA (1986, 1992,1997,2001, 2003), Europe (1998), the UK (1998), and Australia (1997) have consistently shown a significant increase in relative risk among those exposed to passive smoke.
In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that about 3,000 lung cancer-related deaths a year were caused by passive smoking. However, since this report was based on a study that was alleged to be heavily biased and was ruled by a federal judge to be "unscientific", the EPA report was declared null and void by a federal judge in 1998.
Smoking, particularly of cigarettes, is by far the main contributor to lung cancer, which at least in theory makes it one of the easiest diseases to prevent. In the United States, smoking is estimated to account for 87% of lung cancer cases (90% in men and 79% in women), and in the UK for 90%. Cigarette smoke contains 19 known carcinogens including radioisotopes from the radon decay sequence, nitrosamine, and benzopyrene. Additionally, nicotine appears to depress the immune response to malignant growths in exposed tissue. The length of time a person continues to smoke as well as the amount smoked increases the person's chances of developing lung cancer. If a person stops smoking, these chances steadily decrease as damage to the lungs is repaired and contaminant particles are gradually vacated. More recent work has shown that, across the developed world, almost 90% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. In addition, there is evidence that lung cancer in never-smokers has a better prognosis than in smokers, and that patients who smoke at the time of diagnosis have shorter survival than those who have quit.Passive smoking—the inhalation of smoke from another's smoking— is claimed to be a cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Studies from the USA (1986, 1992,1997,2001, 2003), Europe (1998), the UK (1998), and Australia (1997) have consistently shown a significant increase in relative risk among those exposed to passive smoke.
In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that about 3,000 lung cancer-related deaths a year were caused by passive smoking. However, since this report was based on a study that was alleged to be heavily biased and was ruled by a federal judge to be "unscientific", the EPA report was declared null and void by a federal judge in 1998.
(Wikipedia "lung cancer")
Secondhand Smoke
As we know, secondhand smoke is one of problems of smoking.
Though people don't intend to smoke, they inhale smoke unconsciously and it affects their health.
For example...
・Secondhand smoke exposure has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease.
・Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause from 22,700 to 69,600 premature deaths from heart desease each year in the United States among nonsmokers.
・Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25–30%.
"Secondhand Smoke." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Department of Health and Humen Services. 23 May 2007.
<http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm>
Though people don't intend to smoke, they inhale smoke unconsciously and it affects their health.
For example...
・Secondhand smoke exposure has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease.
・Secondhand smoke is estimated to cause from 22,700 to 69,600 premature deaths from heart desease each year in the United States among nonsmokers.
・Nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or at work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25–30%.
"Secondhand Smoke." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Department of Health and Humen Services. 23 May 2007
<http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm>
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