China News Service, October 28. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) on the 28th, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced a survey of smoking rates among Japanese people in November 2019. The results showed that the country smokes. The rate was 16.7%, which dropped to the lowest value on record.
Among them, the smoking rate of men is significantly higher than that of women.
Data map: The streets of Tokyo, Japan.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, the subject of the survey was 5,700 Japanese citizens over the age of 20. The results showed that the average smoking rate for men and women was 16.7%, which was 1.1% lower than the previous survey and the lowest since the survey was conducted in 1986.
In terms of the ratio of males to females, the smoking rate of men is 27.1% and that of women is 7.6%. The smoking rate of men is much higher than that of women.
However, in the past 10 years, the smoking rate among men in the country has dropped by 11.1%, and women have dropped by 3.3%.
Regarding the survey results, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare stated that the Japanese government plans to achieve the goal of reducing the smoking rate to below 12% in 2022.
To this end, some hospitals have opened a free consultation telephone to provide consultation for people who wish to quit smoking.