Smoking in Japan

Tobacco on display in a store in Tokyo

Smoking in Japan is practiced by around 20,000,000 people, and the nation is one of the world's largest tobacco markets,[1] though tobacco use has been declining in recent years.[2]

As of 2022, the Japanese adult smoking rate was 14.8%. By gender, 24.8% of men and 6.2% of women consumed a tobacco product at least once a month.[3] This is the lowest recorded figure since the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or Japan Tobacco began surveying in 1965.

Per capita consumption in 2016 was 1,583 cigarettes, roughly 45% of the peak consumption of 3,497 in 1977.[4][5]

  1. ^ cigarette use globally tobaccoatlas.org
  2. ^ Mark Levin, Tobacco Control Lessons from the Higgs Boson: Observing a Hidden Field Behind Changing Tobacco Norms in Japan. American Journal of Law and Medicine, 39 (2013): 471-489. SSRN
  3. ^ "令和4年「国民健康・栄養調査」の結果" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  4. ^ Mark Levin, Puffing Precedents: The Impact of the WHO FCTC on Tobacco Product Liability Litigation in Japan. Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016 at p. 23. SSRN
  5. ^ "Consumption". Tobacco Atlas. Retrieved 28 May 2021.