Tokyo passes tough anti-smoking law ahead of 2020 Olympics kfgo.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 6 years, 10 months ago

The new city law, which takes full effect several months before the Olympics open on July 24, 2020, bans smoking in any bar or restaurant with hired employees.

The Tokyo law is far tougher than legislation under debate in the upper house of Japan's parliament to tackle the threat of secondhand smoke, which kills about 15,000 Japanese, many of them women and children, every year, activists say.