With rules banning indoor smoking set to take effect in April under the revised Health Promotion Law, the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly decided to set up smoking areas in its building from Oct. 1.
The policy to create separate smoking areas will bring drastic changes, especially for lawmakers currently allowed to smoke freely in waiting rooms for certain parliamentary groups.
The bill for the renovations is expected to come in at just over ¥1 million.
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