About measures to prevent passive smoking

Passive smoking refers to inhaling the smoke of surrounding cigarettes, regardless of your will, and also affect the health of non-smokers.
There are three types of tobacco smoke: mainstream smoke that smokers inhale, sidestream smoke coming out of the smoke, and exhaled smoke exhaled from smokers. Sidestream smoke contains more harmful substances than mainstream smoke.

Reference: Non-smoking NOTE "What is passive smoking?"

Smoke that rises from the tip of a cigarette, which is highly alkaline and strongly stimulates the eyes and nose. Sidestream smoke contains more harmful substances than mainstream smoke.

There are itching, pain, blinking, stuffing nose, sneezing, nasal discharge, coughing, etc. In addition, the inhalation of carbon monoxide can cause headaches.

Public facilities managers need to create an environment where non-smokers do not receive passive smoking.

By April 2020, it will be implemented step by step.
About contents, please refer to Yokohama-shi homepage "passive smoking prevention measures".
　
Please refer to the website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for details on the revised Health Promotion Law.
　 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's passive smoking measures (outside site)

In facility (public facility) having space (public space) that unspecified or many people can enter and exit, it is the regulations that established rule to prevent passive smoking.

• Type 1 facility, such as hospitals and government facilities　→　Non-smoking
• "Type 2 facilities" such as restaurants and accommodation facilities　→　Smoking or smoking
  ※Near the entrance of the facility, "Non-smoking" and "Smoke separation" is required.

Contact: Kanagawa Health and Welfare Bureau Health Promotion Section (Tobacco Countermeasures Group)
Phone number 045-210-5025
For more information about the regulations, please visit our website. (External Site)