Non smoking taxi

Tokyo's two largest taxi associations implemented a smoking ban Monday that made nearly all of the cabs operating in Japan's capital smoke-free amid rising health awareness and tighter regulations.

The ban was implemented by the Tokyo Taxi Association, whose member companies operate 34,000 cabs, and the Tokyo Independent Taxi Association, which has some 17,500 owner-operated taxis, association officials said.
The two associations account for around 95 percent of Tokyo's taxis, according to Transport Ministry official Yoshinori Takahashi. The 3,000 or so unaffiliated taxis in the city are also expected to go smoke-free, according to media reports.

by TOKYO AP

Recentry, Japan's smoking rate, one of the highest in the industrialized world according to industry data, has been steadily declining in recent years amid growing awareness of the health risks and a tightening of regulations.
so, I think this is very good system.
Because I am nonsmoker and hate smoking. so,I want to promote ban smoking with this system.
However, when I watched this news onTV, I had a worry.
It's about taxi driver.
a taxi driver expressed worries that the may get into trouble with drunk customers who insist on smoking. I think I don't want to happen some incidents.








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