How much progress has been made toward a smoke-free environment in the restaurants and bars of Japan? Limitations of partial bans and their enforcement
More unregulated restaurants and bars changed to "no smoking" than planned before the enforcement. In contrast, most of the regulated restaurants and bars continued to be "separate smoking or smoking" in non-compliance with the legislation. In order to prevent SHS exposure in all restaurants and bars, we need comprehensive legislation for indoor smoking bans in Japan.
Authors
- Aoi Kataoka
- Yuri Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-2393)
- Isao Muraki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-7721)
- Masakazu Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4128-7653)
Institutions
- Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20765-6
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.31
Funders
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare