Smoking in Japan, though relatively less restricted by law than in many other nations, has significantly changed in recent years. Tobacco use has been in constant decline since 1996 and the decline has been accelerating in recent years. Consumption of cigarettes in 2012 was 197.5 billion sticks, roughly 57% of the peak figure in 1996 and a number last seen in 1968. Similarly in 2012, the adult smoking rate was 21.1%, 32.7% of Japanese men and 10.4% of Japanese women; this is the lowest recorded figure since Japan Tobacco began surveying in 1965. Nevertheless, Japan accounts for much of the tobacco consumption in Asia.Nearly 30 million people smoke in Japan, making the country one of the world's largest tobacco markets
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