2011 Smoke-free Campaign Calendar(November,2010)NEW  pdf

2010 Smoke-free Campaign Calendar(November,2009)  pdf

22th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,2009)  pdf

Performed FCTC in Japan on February 27, 2005

Plea for the Preparation of Severe International Treaty at WHO-FCTC　日本文

WHO-FCTC Hearing Submission　日本文

SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT CAMPAIGN FOR KIDS IN JAPAN
　
Coalition on a Smoke-free Environment for Kids in Japan
1chome-21-1-702, Tamatsukuri, Chuouku,
Osaka 540-0004, JAPAN　
Tel,Fax +81-6-6765-5020
email（Please change ＠ to @） 
url http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~muen/smokefree.htm
　 
　 Every year for twenty years from 1988, we have
been campaigning a smoke-free environment for kids.
Our national campaign had two objectives, the
creation of smoke-free environments where children
live and play, and role modelling on exemplars.
Other aims of our campaign are smoking prevention
for the young generation and to change the atmos-
phere to be tolerant of smoking.
　 We posted up 240,000 anti-smoking posters for
the fifteenth year's campaign utilizing the awarded
children's pictures, at schools, hospitals, public
places, and railway stations. The poster, mark,
paper-slide picture and catchword contest on theme
of a smoke-free environment for kids was held to
arouse public opinion and to be effective in non-
smoking education. About 20,000 works were sub-
mitted in ninth campaign.

   2009 Smoke-free Campaign Calendar(November,2008)

   21th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(November,2008)

   2008 Smoke-free Campaign Calendar(November,2007)

   20th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(November,2007)

   The winning marks in smokefree campaign contest NEW

   2007 Smoke-free Campaign Calendar(November,2006)

   19th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(June,2006)

   18th Smoke-free Campaign Poster & Calendar(November,2005)

   17th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,2004)

   16th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(June,2003)

   Plea for the Preparation of Severe International Treaty at WHO-FCTC(16th January, 2003)

   15th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,2002)

   14th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,2001)

   13th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,2000)

   12th Smoke-free Campaign Poster(August,1999)

   Our Submission at the WHO-FCTC Hearings(August 29,2000)

   Tobacco-curbing target up in smoke (The Japan Times, March 23, 2000)

   Our Coalition's clippng (The Japan Times, April 16, 2000) pdf/201kb

   Tobaccoless's clippng (The Japan Times, June 6, 1999) pdf/224kb

A PAPER-SLIDE PICTURE : A CIGARETTE'S EXPLORATION

　 Every year for ten years from 1988, we have been campaigning a smoke-free
environment for kids. We posted up 180,000 anti-smoking posters for the ninth
year's campaign utilizing the awarded children's pictures, at schools, hospitals,
public places, and railway stations.
　 In contest on theme of a smoke-free environment for kids, a paper-slide
picture contest was popular.
　 We printed one thousand pieces of the awarded paper-slide picture, and sent
these to schools and health centers which wished for non-smoking teaching
materials. These paper-slide pictures had a public response, and were effective
in non-smoking education.
　 We would like to present one of the paper slide-pictures 'A Cigarette's
Exploration', which pupils in a primary school wrote and painted.
　
　
　 A PAPER-SLIDE PICTURE : A CIGARETTE'S EXPLORATION
　
　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　painted and written by Mika Matushita
　
1. Hello! I am a cigarette. People often say " We know it's bad for our health,
　 but we cannot quit." So they keep smoking me.
　
2. It was in spring. I was being smoked on the platform at a train station. As
　 usual, since I was being smoked I felt very light.
　 Then I noticed many cold voices surrounding me. It was a group of old women
　 on their way shopping and some junior high school students and elementary
　 pupils going home after school. In the group, there was a mother and a child
　 who were holding hands.
　
3. I noticed a strange thing. The people looked at me and said things like, "Oh,
　 such a child......" "Mom, it smells bad" "It really smells bad. We should
　 walk fast"
　 Some of them put their handkerchiefs over their mouths, and glanced at me.
　 Then for the first time I realized the people's reactions around me. They
　 frowned and scowled at me. I wondered who was smoking me.　So I looked at the
　 person. He looked like a junior high school student.　Until then I had never
　 looked　at the people who were smoking me.　So I was very surprised that a
　 junior high school student was smoking me.
　
4. Since the people surrounding me do not like me.　I wanted to know if I caused
　 trouble or physical harm.　
　 Then I decided to travel.　Before I started traveling I thought I should read
　 books to know more about myself.　So I went to the library.
　
5. I opened a big book, and inside it I found the word tobacco.　It said that
　 Tobacco's major ingredient is nicotine it also contains tar which causes
　 cancer, and has carbon monoxide which hinders important oxygen.
　 So a tobacco smoker tends to get cancer and heart decease easier compared to
　 non-smokers.　They also die earlier.　There were some photos and the lungs of
　 the smokers were dark black.　It said that tobacco harms not only the smokers,
　 but also the non-smokers around them.
　 The second-hand smoke which rises from the edge of a cigarette has stronger
　 stimulation compared to the first-hand smoke　which the smoker breaths. It is
　 also written that it has several times more substances that cause cancer, and
　 can cause cough,　colds, pneumonia, bronchitis allergies, rhinitis tympanists
　 and asthma to non-smokers.　Then I understood one thing.　That was why the
　 people who passed by me had unpleasant expressions on their faces. I had been
　 bothering other people. I was　really shocked.
　
6. Then I read the next page. It said that the number of people dying of cancer,
　 especially lung cancer is increasing. I thought cancer was the origin of the
　 disease. It also said that smoke sometimes causes lung cancer in non-smokers.
　 I was really shocked when I understood that there were some people who died
　 of cancer because that were forced to breath smoke from smokers around them.
　 You do not smoke tobacco but people around you do, and because of that you
　 get cancer. I was really depressed so I left the library.　I wondered if it
　 was really happening inside human bodies. I wanted to make sure and to see
　 the facts for myself.
　
7. So I decided to shrink myself to the size of a 'BB' and jump inside a person
　 who smokes. Just then a man was laughing and his mouth was wide open like a
　 hippo so I jumped in.
　
8. It was really dark. It seemed like I had been pushed off into the bottom of
　 a ravine. Down and down I fell then I finally hit the ground with a thud. It
　 was even darker here, and there was no electricity.

9. In the dark I saw a shadow of a person. I was scared, but I went closer and
　 closer step by step. 'Who are you?' I asked. 'Me?' I am a cancer cell which
　 appears in the body of people who smoke tobacco and do not care for
　 themselves.　When I heard the name 'cancer' I was really shocked.　'People
　 really do not take care of themselves.'　'.........'　 'Hey, you!! Don't
　 smoke tobacco. It makes you die sooner. Because of nicotine in tobacco it is
　 also very hard to quit.　Even if you really want to quit. About 70 or 80
　 percent of smokers want to quit, but they can't. It's such a tragedy. If they
　 had never started smoking, they would not have to struggle to quit at all.　
　 Well, see you .... gambatte.'
　 He left and　right away I said 'tha.... tha...　 Thank you.' I forward again.
　 Suddenly I felt loneliness and was about to cry. Why do people smoke tobacco,
　 which causes harm and has no merit.
　
10. When I realized where I was, I was outside. I saw a baby there. She was
　 smiling and her tiny face looked like an angel. I hope she will not smoke in
　 the future.　However, the book which I found in the library said if a mother
　 or father smokes, then their babies are more likely to be miscarried or they
　 are small and weak.　When these babies grow up they tend to get cancer easier.
　 However this baby will be O.K., won't she?
　
11. I walked more and more. When they looked at me , some made unpleasant faces,
　 and others pretended that they didn't see me at all.　I smelled tobacco so I
　 looked up. There was a man, smoking tobacco. I heard the voice of his body.　
　 'It is really bad. It is his choice to smoke tobacco, but I want to tell him'
　 'Think about your health!!''
　
　 'Yes, I want to shout, too, 'Hey, quit smoking, it's not only bad for your
　 health. It is also bad for other people around you!!''
　
　 'He thinks it's cool to smoke. Yet the younger you start smoking the more
　 harm you can do to your body. Think about your future!!'
　
　 'If we could speak we would like to tell him.'　'I really hate smoking!!'
　 In order to run away from those voices, I kept running and running. I felt so
　 miserable.
　
12. When I realized where I was, I was at a fountain in the mountains. There
　 were some people there, too.　I felt sorry to meet people so I hid behind a
　 tree.

13. Then a car came down the road.　As it passed something was thrown out of the
　 car window. I went over to see what it was. There was a cigarette lying on
　 the dry grass and it was still lit. I got scared and ran away from there. I
　 thought something might happen later. A little while later I looked back and
　 there were flames rising from the place where there had been.
　
14. I learned a lot from my explorations. I'd rather not exist! I have no good
　 merit. People become addicted and can't quit smoking even when they want to.
　 They do not know how very sad their bodies are, and they do not realize that
　 their bodies are not only for them. As long as I have existed. I have harmed
　 people, burned forests and made the earth cry.　Those are the only things I
　 can do. Those things should not have happened.　I wish I had never existed.
　
15. I don't enjoy harming people but it is that tobacco is the only cause. We
　 can not say to people 'please do not smoke us'　So until people realize that
　 tobacco is bad, it will keep harming them.
　 When the day comes when people understand tobacco is really bad.　We will
　 feel really honored.