Tips for smokers in 21st century Japan
It’s not easy being a smoker in Japan anymore. In the early ’90s, when I first arrived, it was very much a smokers’ paradise, and…
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Vape like a famous Japanese courtesan heroine with a fancy Kiseru pipe E-Cigarette
As vaping and E-cigarettes continue to become more popular in Japan, more and more manufacturers are modeling their products after target=”_blank”>kiseru–traditional pipes used to smoke…
Wakeup Call: Japan’s Smoking Problem is Bad for Health, Worse for the Environment
Robert D. Eldridge, PhD, for JAPAN Forward As readers who have lived here for any length of time will recognize, Japan has been slow to…
The discreet charm of Japan’s anti-smoking campaign
In common with other countries, the number of smokers in Japan is in steady decline. Currently, around 28% of Japanese men and 9% of Japanese…
5 Reasons Japan Should Quit Smoking
(Duncan Bartlett, for JAPAN Forward) There’s never been a better time to give up cigarettes. I gave up smoking about eight years ago, and I…