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• 7 governors consider measures against passive smoking  

Jump to full article: Japan Today, 2010-03-21

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Seven governors are considering mapping out their own measures to prevent secondhand smoking, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday. The survey was conducted earlier this month before Kanagawa Prefecture introduces Japan's first ordinance in April banning smoking in public facilities such as hospitals, schools and government offices.

Among the seven, the governors of Kyoto and Nara responded that they will study if it is necessary to introduce penal regulations for that purpose, according to the survey.

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