[Headlines Only] [Top Stories Only]
Categories
· Smokefree Policies
· Business (General)
· Rail Travel
non-USA, by Country
· Japan

• JR firms divided over smoking policies  

Jump to full article: Yomiuri Shimbun., 2008-11-15

Intro:

Should smoking at railway stations be banned or should the separation of smoking and nonsmoking areas remain in place? Railway companies are split over what to do about passengers who smoke.

All private railways in the Tokyo metropolitan area have already imposed a total ban on smoking in station compounds.

East Japan Railway Co., for its part, has embarked on a plan to phase out smoking areas, having removed them at four stations, including those on the Yamanote Line platform at Shibuya Station.

Jump to full article »