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16 September 2026

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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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Stated by tokyoweekender.com

  • 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.

Sources

  1. 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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  • 4 of 4 reported statements were confirmed against the page that carries them; the rest were removed rather than published.
  • Figures in the text were required to appear in the stored source text: yes. Identifiers: yes.
  • The check reads stored text only: no claim rests on a fresh look that did not happen.
  • Where the reporting was silent, the text says so instead of filling the gap.

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