This image shows the steep decline in smoking rates among men by age group in Japan. It comes from the following article in the Japanese version of the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2014/07/30/tobacco-women_n_5636293.html
I’m posting it because it’s a good visual indication of trend described in the following short article:
Japan smoking rate falls below 20 percent for 1st time http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/108842.php
Though it’s a national trend, I’ve seen big changes in smoking culture here in Kumamoto since the 1990s.
