Including respondents who stated "I smoke everyday" and "There are days, I sometimes smoke". Until 2012, including respondents who answered "I have smoked tobacco everyday or sometimes within the last month".
As revealed by a survey conducted in Japan in November 2023, over ** percent of the Japanese adult population were smokers. While the smoking rate in Japan has decreased slightly within the last decade, the habit remains predominantly prevalent among male adults.
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