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Tob Control 2008;17:3-4
  • News analysis

JAPAN: REVOLUTION ON THE STREETS

  1. Mark Levin
  1. William S Richardson School of Law, The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA
    ; levin@hawaii.edu

      While tobacco control policy often develops incrementally, progress occasionally arrives with a “tipping point” dynamic. After seemingly fruitless years of administrative petitions, lawsuits and public protest, the quick uptake of smoke-free taxi rules in Japan from 3% to over 50% in a mere 16 months represents a great leap forward. Advocates have achieved stunning results as this enhancement for clean air for passengers will vitally protect the workplace health of well over 100 000 taxi drivers.

      The change began quietly …

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