JR East Japan announced on the 22nd that it makes within the year a part of old railroad line special expresses, such as the "Narita express" etc. which connects the center of Tokyo to Nagano Shinkansen "asama" or Narita Airport, complete prohibition of smoking. Subsequently to the Kyushu Shinkansen, making the inside of the vehicles of the Shinkansen complete prohibition of smoking calls it the 2nd example. According to the company, entrainment time is less than 2 hours and a comparatively short train, and, otherwise, it is a special express "wakasio", "sazanami", etc. of Chiba and the direction of Boso to become complete prohibition of smoking. Enforcement time will be adjusted from now on and will be decided. Other Shinkansen and special expresses say as usual that every one car each of a reserved seat and a nonreserved seat leaves as a smoking car. Moreover, on and after August 8, remove an ashtray from the deck of all the Shinkansen and old railroad line special expresses in a pipe, and the deck is made prohibition of smoking, and also common portions, such as a lounge, a passage, etc. of the bed special express "the Big Dipper" of the direction of Hokkaido and "KASHIOPEA", are made prohibition of smoking from September 1.
Globally, the movement toward prohibition of smoking is increasing and the rate of prohibition of smoking in Japan has stopped at the low level compared with the West. Japan also evaluates the measure to U.S. prohibition of smoking, and I want it to heap up non-smoking movement the same with eating habits of Japan being improved in the United States.
If the custom of smoking which smokes tobacco is continued, it will have a bad influence healthily. The probability suffered from lung cancer or various illnesses increases. A possibility of breaking also has the tradition of Japan of long-life the world's No.1. I want to also carry out education activities from smoking to prohibition of smoking. I want to make a WEB site whose information exchange is possible against a global man in the portal site of the Internet. If excellent some people can do English and Japanese, doesn't it work with us?