Re: Japan's anti-anti-tobacco policy

[ramchop]

Not only does Japan have the highest adult male smoking rate among industrialized countries, it actively encourages its citizens to consume tobacco.

But then Japan also has a fairly low level of lung cancer (sorry no stats to back up this statement). All to do with their high seafood diet. Yes let's ban smoking, let the Japanese live even longer... that'll do wonders for the aging population.

[ramchop]

I heard it was the green tea...

I thought all that smoking salarymen drank was coffee at work and sake/beer/happoshu in the wee small hours away from the company.

No, I still say it's the fish. Fat is good for you.

[Big Booger]

It's the natto.

[Taro Toporific]

I heard it was the green tea...

I thought all that smoking salarymen drank was coffee at work and sake/beer/happoshu in the wee small hours away from the company.

Maybe that's why no-smoking, only-paper-cups Starbucks Japan is going bust while some-smoking, ceramic-cups Tully's Coffee Japan isn't...

Starbucks Japan posts 70 pct 9-mth profit drop
Wednesday February 19, 1:31 am ET
TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Starbucks Coffee Japan (2712.OJ) said on Wednesday that its operating profit fell 70 percent in the nine months...
..Last month, the Seattle-based coffee brewer [Tully's] said its earnings rose 17 percent in the latest quarter to December ...

[GuyJean]

But then Japan also has a fairly low level of lung cancer (sorry no stats to back up this statement).

Actually, lung cancer AND prostate cancer have caught up to stomach cancer, which WAS the leading cancer in Japan.. I don't have the sources online, but I saw a report on NHK a couple weeks ago.

Stomach cancer has continually declined while prostate and lung have increased.. They're now all hovering around the same number.. Sorry, I don't recall those numbers. My photo memory only recalls the cardboard graph NHK used.

Yes let's ban smoking, let the Japanese live even longer... that'll do wonders for the aging population.

Good point.

GJ

[groovewonder]

if japan ever catches up with america in terms of it's anti-smoking laws and regulations, i'm gonna be pissed. one of the best things about japan is you can buy cigarettes anywhere and smoke anywhere. i heard you can't even smoke in bars in cali these days (is this true?). leave us smokers in peace.

[GuyJean]

one of the best things about japan is you can buy cigarettes anywhere and smoke anywhere.

Yeah, that's cool. I like spitting in smokers faces, because, what the fuck, I'm a spitter, and I don't give a shit about anyone around me. Oh, and there's no law against it.

i heard you can't even smoke in bars in cali these days (is this true?).

True. A little extreme, but I'm not losing any sleep over the poor, mis-treated, smokers of the world.

leave us smokers in peace.

Rest in peace, bro.

GJ

[groovewonder]

a little bitter, aren't you? i put my cigarette butts in my pocket so you can't get me for polution. if i'm on the street smoking a cigarette, my breath is no more of a danger to you than traffic pollution. get a grip.

[GuyJean]

a little bitter, aren't you?

Probably. But whining smokers hit a chord with me.. It wasn't personal.

i put my cigarette butts in my pocket so you can't get me for polution.

That's great, thanks! I am totally puzzled by smokers ability, without ANY guilt, to throw their butts wherever they want.

if i'm on the street smoking a cigarette, my breath is no more of a danger to you than traffic pollution.

That's what I love about smokers; The inability to realize that since THEY are the source of the smoke, the smoke is NEVER in their face.

If you're on the sidewalk with no one else, by all means smoke away. But if it's crowded, watch for a gaijin spitter bearing down behind you.

I guess I generally view smokers as selfish, inconsiderate people.. Nothing personal. If you take the proper steps to assure that the 20 non-smokers around you are as comfortable as you, while you get your Nic fix, I appreciate it..

GJ