Restaurants that are completely non-smoking from today are strengthening measures with the enforcement of the revised Health Promotion Act April 1 11:12
The revised Health Promotion Act, which strengthens measures for passive smoking, was fully enforced on the 1st. As a result, some restaurants have banned the use of dedicated smoking rooms and are now completely banning smoking.
With the full enforcement of the Revised Health Promotion Law, regulations such as restaurants that are larger than a certain standard or stores that start new business will be banned from smoking from non-exclusive smoking rooms from 1st. .
As a result, some restaurants have stopped using the original dedicated smoking room, and have begun to ban smoking entirely.
Denny's, a family restaurant chain with more than 370 stores in Japan, has stopped using exclusive smoking rooms in 187 stores, which are about half of the total, and has completely banned all stores from 1st.
At a store in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, a Kesa employee put a sticker at the entrance to inform them of non-smoking.
A male customer in his 60's said, "If you want to smoke, you can smoke elsewhere, so you may want to stop smoking altogether."
Daiki Sugiya of Seven & i Food Systems, which operates this restaurant, said, "Smoking shops are sometimes used by families with small children, but it is more comfortable to smoke completely. I want you to enjoy your meal in space. "
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