Can Japan inspire EU in tackling smoking?

Compared to Europe, Japan has stricter smoking restrictions – in outdoor public spaces and then indoor environments too.

The high population density and the traditional Japanese principle of respecting their fellow citizens explain why the smell of a cigarette on a crowded pavement quickly became a distant memory.

Euractiv visited Tokyo to find out what lay behind this change […] in a country that represents one the world’s largest tobacco markets and has the highest population density.

This is a short version of our video report – The full version will be published later this week.

“The views of the interviewees in this report are their own. Interviewees did not receive payment. Philip Morris assisted with travel costs to make this reporting possible.”