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Offering a less-harmful alternative to deadly smoking has prompted a drop in to buy fewer cigarettes, sending cigarette sales down by 34 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJapan has the makings of a great tobacco harm reduction case study,\u201d says Patrik Str\u00f6mer, Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures from the OECD<\/a>. 17.8 percent of Japanese adults were daily smokers in 2019. At the same time, cigarette sales have been declining since 2011 in line with trends in other wealthy nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop in Japan cigarette sales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, following the 2014 introduction of non-combustible alternatives to Japan, cigarette sales dropped sharply, falling by 34.2 percent between 2015 and 2019 alone, according to figures from a 2020 study analyzing the trend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, sales of heat-not-burn tobacco products have increased from 5.1 billion sticks to 37.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDomestic cigarette sales in Japan appear to have declined at an accelerated pace since 2016 following the introduction of HTPs into the Japanese national marketplace,\u201d the study\u2019s authors wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a recent seminar<\/a> discussing smoking trends in Japan, Dr. Kumamaru Hiroya, a preventive physician specialising in smoking cessation and Vice Director of the AOI Universal Hospital in Kawasaki, highlighted the impact of less harmful alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEver since 2014, three heated tobacco products have been launched officially nationwide in Japan and these have been penetrating 25 percent [of total smoking population], and this product has been successful to reduce cigarette smoking in Japan so far by 30 percent in three to four years,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snus remains banned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the positive trend following the introduction of heat-not-burn tobacco in Japan, other low-risk alternatives such as e-cigarettes and snus remain illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe study demonstrates once again that smokers are ready to switch to products with lower health risks. Unfortunately, in the case of Japan, other alternatives like snus and e-cigarettes remain banned, depriving the country of additional potential public health gains,\u201d says Str\u00f6mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He points to the role of snus as a decisive factor in helping cut smoking in Norway<\/a> despite otherwise tough tobacco regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNorway\u2019s experience with snus is similar to what you see in Japan following the introduction of heat-not-burn. Just imagine what might happen if Japan were to also lift the current bans on other nicotine alternatives,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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