Tobacco use has been a major topic all over the world, as the dangers of smoking tobacco have been proven through the declining health of lifelong users. For that reason, many countries have implemented advertising and social efforts to sway people away from the tobacco industry and get smokers to quit. In Japan, these efforts are evident by the constant decline in tobacco use since the late 1990s. Mostly men smoke in Japan, but in recent years younger women have taken on the habit as well.
