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Two New Anime Tackle Smoking in Polar-Opposite Ways
A Tokyo Weekender review says two new anime series tackle smoking in polar-opposite ways. It frames them against Japan's shift from heavy smoking to heavy tobacco regulation, though the piece offers no practical travel details.
The source describes cigarettes as a long-standing background presence in anime, rarely the focus, because smoking was once so common in Japan. It says Japan then did a 180 and heavily regulated all things tobacco, which the review frames as context for two new series that treat smoking in polar-opposite ways.
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- Two new anime tackle smoking in polar-opposite ways.
- Japanese people used to be one of the heaviest smokers on the planet.
- Cigarettes have always appeared in anime but rarely as an object of focus.
- Japan did a 180 on its smoking culture, heavily regulating all things tobacco.
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- Tokyo WeekenderText stored 15 September 2026
How this story was checked. Written from the 1 page listed above, stored 15 September 2026; claims checked against that stored text on 15 September 2026.
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