Review
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and Japanese anti-tobacco measures
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* Corresponding author: Kazunari Satomura K.Satomura@pbh.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Dept. of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
Tobacco Induced Diseases 2008, 4:3 doi:10.1186/1617-9625-4-3
Published: 31 July 2008Abstract
Japanese anti-tobacco measures are reviewed and checked the relationship between the FCTC and its changes. Japan is making efforts to follow the FCTC, but it is insufficient and present anti-tobacco measures seem to have only a little impact on decreasing smoking rates. More effective measures should be developed for reducing smoking rates and for making smoke-free society.