Japan smoking rate falls to record-low 19.5%

TOKYO, Japan - A man smokes a cigarette in an outdoor smoking area near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The smoking rate hit an all-time low of 19.5 percent in Japan in 2010, down 3.9 percentage points from the preceding year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said the same day.

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