"The smoking rate among adults has fallen to an all-time low for the 15th consecutive year, decreasing 1.0 percentage point from a year ago to 23.9 percent, Japan Tobacco Inc. said Wednesday...The rate among men declined 2.3 points to 36.6 percent, a fall for 19 years in a row, while that of women rose 0.2 point to 12.1 percent, the first rise in two years."
Source: Smoking rate continues fall to record 23.9%
Kyodo News
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100812b1.html
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