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• Tokyo police to try smoking ban for interrogations 

Oddly Enough | Reuters
Jump to full article: Reuters, 2009-02-02

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Offering suspects a cigarette during police questioning may become a thing of the past if a Tokyo police experiment with a ban on smoking in interrogation rooms works out.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police will implement the ban on a trial basis from mid-February due to health concerns about second-hand smoke as well as worries that offering cigarettes from a police officer's own pack may be seen as doing the suspect a favour, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday.

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