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| Smoking... | (Entered Jun. 28, 2007) | When in Tokyo... | |||||||
Time for a rant!
I hate cigarettes with every fiber of my being. My absolute favourite thing here in Tokyo, is being stuck behind some guy (90% of the time the perpetrator is male) who's smoking while walking down the street. No respect at all! Second hand smoke that I'm being forced to inhale is no different than a person physically attacking me. If some guy tried to stab me with a knife on the street, the police would arrest him. Why should it be different in the case of second hand smoke?
With the massive Japan Tabacco running the show, no one is likely to be quitting soon. However, in an effort to clean up it's image, JT has recently been putting up these 'good smoking manners' posters all over the place. There are about 70 in total. But does it really mean anything? Here in Japan where every blank surface is used as a billboard, people pay as much attention to poster advertisements as they do to junk mail.
Japan is still light-years behind other countries, like Canada, when it comes to rules prohibiting smoking in public places. Over here, there are still smoking cars on some trains, and many restaurants, bars and cafes don't even have different areas for smokers and non-smokers! Time for non smokers in Japan to stand up for their rights!
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Harajuku to Tokyo, Park Photowalk |
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