The Need for Tobacco Control in Japan Based on Articles 9 and 10 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), Regulation of the Contents of Tobacco Products, and Regulation of Tobacco Product Disclosures

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  • INABA Yohei
    Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health
  • UCHIYAMA Shigehisa
    Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health
  • KUNUGITA Naoki
    Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health

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  • 我が国におけるたばこ規制枠組条約第9，10条「たばこ製品の成分規制とたばこ製品の情報開示に関する規制」に基づいたたばこ対策の必要性
  • ワガクニ ニ オケル タバコ キセイ ワクグミ ジョウヤク ダイ9,10ジョウ 「 タバコ セイヒン ノ セイブン キセイ ト タバコ セイヒン ノ ジョウホウ カイジ ニ カンスル キセイ 」 ニ モトズイタ タバコ タイサク ノ ヒツヨウセイ

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In Japan, ultralow-nicotine cigarette brands with ventilation holes on the cigarette filters have been widely marketed to smokers. The use of these cigarette brands leads to compensation smoking. Menthol cigarette brands that have a cooling and numbing effect are also sold. In 2013, smokeless tobacco products similar to the Swedish snus, which is banned for sale in the European Union except in Sweden, were released in Japanese markets. These tobacco products have “toxicity,” have a “ventilation filter,” are “attractive,” and promote “dependence.” Tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco are classified into “Group 1: Carcinogenic to humans” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The purpose of Articles 9 and 10 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is to regulate the contents of tobacco products as well as to regulate tobacco product disclosures. The implementation of some other articles has gradually advanced in Japan. However, that of Articles 9 and 10 is late. Japanese governmental authorities are being urged to immediately implement Articles 9 and 10.

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