Smokers be Warned
Smoking has become a big issue in Japan. Up until recently many family restaurants allowed smoking while dining which, I personally thought was incredibly rude to non-smokers like myself.
Sure smoking is a choice but non-smokers have the right to breathe clean air as well. Smoking habits should be done with manners. Too many people throw out their cigarette butts on the streets and don’t give it a second thought. These days, many eateries, offices, public buildings have banned smoking and there are even cities that doesn't allow smoking on public streets. Taxes on cigarettes were also recently raised. And smokers are encouraged to carry portable ash trays. Who gets to make the call of freedon to choose? A smoker or a non-smoker?
On behalf of all non-smokers I would like to thank god for these rules! Now my friends and I don’t have to pretend to be pregnant every time we go out to eat!!