About this episode

Japan's health ministry proposed not to tighten regulations on heated tobacco products as part of a review against passive smoking.

Japan's health ministry on Thursday proposed forgoing tightening regulations on heated tobacco products to the same extent as for cigarettes, as part of a review of measures against passive smoking.

Topics covered

• tobacco regulations
• public health
• passive smoking
• Japan
• government policy

Keywords

• Japan
• heated tobacco
• regulations
• passive smoking
• health ministry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japan's health ministry

Products: heated tobacco products

Places: Japan

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