Most people in Turkey support the smoking ban in public places.
Girl students were photographed in April 1995 at Kusadasi, a sea resort
of Turkey
faced to the Mediterranean Sea.
Parliament in Turkey has voted to introduce a blanket ban on
smoking in enclosed places.
Banning smoking was until recently completely unthinkable in Turkey, where
40% of the adult population
-25 million people - are smokers. The new ban will outlaw smoking in all
enclosed public places,
including bars, cafes and restaurants as well as taxis, trains and outdoor
stadiums. It is due to come
into force in about 18 months'time.
Source: University of Texas Libraries
Some argue that existing bans on smoking in hospitals, schools and other
public buildings, are already
widely flouted. They also question how the newly legislated fines.Fifty
Turkish lira( $44) for those
lighting up and 5,000 lira for bar and cafe owners, who allow smoking on
their premises will be imposed.
However, against this, the new law is being strongly praised by health
campaigners. They point out that
smoking-related illness cost Turkey up to 3bn lira ($2.7bn) a year. The
anti-smoking lobby has on its
side a powerful supporter in the shape of Turkish Prime Minister, Recep
Tayyip Erdogan.
Source: Jan 4,. 2008 BBC News
Mt. Ararat, the highest peak in Turkey, 5,165 above sea.
The coastal areas of Turkey bordering the Mediterranean Sea have a temperate
Mediterranean climate,
with hot, dry summers and mild, wet and cold winters. Conditions can be
much harsher in the more
arid interior. Mountains, close to the coast, prevent Mediterranean influences
from extending inland,
giving the central Anatolian plateau of the interior of Turkey a continental
climate with sharply
contrasting seasons.
Turkey has no official state religion. The Turkish Constitution provides
for freedom of religion and
conscience. However, 73.6 million people in Turkey are Muslims or 98% of
the total population.
Source: Wikipedia
The Ottoman Empire in 1683.
 
(L) The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Four minarets at the corners
of the mosque.
(R) The Gate of the Sultan.
トルコでレストラン、カフェ、バーなど公共的施設で全面禁煙 2009年7月より、レストラン、カフェ、バー、
タクシー、フェリー、鉄道、職場、ショッピングモール、野外スタジアムなどの全面禁煙が施行された。トルコでは
人口の40％が喫煙者であり、最近までこうした喫煙規制など全く考えられたことはなかった。今までにも病院、
学校などの一部公共施設の喫煙規制が実施されていたが、法令は必ずしも守られていなかった。しかし、
そうした状況が一変する。違反者への罰金は喫煙者には50トルコリラ（約44ドル）を、バー、カフェ経営者には
最高5,000を科する。
トルコでは喫煙行為に関連した医療費は年間30億リラ（27億ドル）に及ぶことも禁煙法制定への呼び水となった。
2003年に就任したトルコ共和国首相、レジエップ・タイイップ・エルドアン氏の新禁煙法の議会への強力な
働きかけが功を奏したようだ。
The photo shows the Gate of Carts entrance of Topkapi Palace, the official
and primary residence
in the city of the Ottoman Sultans, 1465-185, in Istanbul, Turkey. This
gate leads into
Domed Cupboard Room. This place was built as a vestibule to the harem in
1587 by Murad III.
トプカプ宮殿ハレム入口（イスタンブール）の禁煙標識（2008年3月撮影、禁煙席ネット協賛会員提供）
★HAREM＝イスラム社会における女性の居室
原義は「禁じられた場所」、男子禁制・・夫、子、親族以外の立ち入りを禁止
オスマン帝国時代には美しい500人以上の女性が集められていた。
Turkish Prime Minister awarded WHO's anti-smoking prize.
The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep T Erdogan, awarded the 2010 special
prize for Global Fight
against Smoking by the World Health Organization (WHO), in Ankara. This
was by recognizing his
efforts aimed at reducing the number of Turk smokers. Anatolia news agency
reported. 'One
hundred thousand people in Turkey, and more than 5 million people in the
world, die annually
because of diseases caused by smoking.' Erdogan said during the awards
ceremony, which
coincided with the first anniversary of the country’s indoor smoking ban.
'Active smokers are as risky as people who hang around with a weapon in
their hands.' He said,
adding that the number of people who lose their lives because of smoking
is much larger than
that of terrorism victims. Erdogan said the government was determined to
continue the struggle
against smoking and called for people to contribute to the mission. The
prime minister also said
people present in the surroundings of smokers were negatively affected
by side-smoke, mentioning
the estimates that 700 million children are exposed to cigarette smoke,
according to the WHO.
'You can notice smoking is widespread in families that are extremely poor
and live in very difficult
conditions. I see the people who cannot even provide proper food and clothes
for themselves,
carrying packets of cigarettes in their pockets.' He said that smoking
was not an excuse for
people's suffering, but rather constituted a new socio-economic problem.
For people who think
that the anti-smoking law limited the freedom of smokers, he said that
there is no freedom for
suicide.'
According to research conducted in Turkey in November 2008 before the smoking
ban,31.2 %
of adults, or 16 million people, were active smokers. A report prepared
by the medicine faculty
of Marmara University and published this month by the National Committee
for Smoking and
Health said 363 million fewer packs of cigarettes were consumed in Turkey
in 2010 compared
to the first half of 2009, representing a saving of 1.8 billion Turkish
Liras. Moreover, the income
from the special and value-added tax on cigarettes showed an increase for
the same period
compared to a year before. The report also said that during the year of
2010, the applications
to hospitals for heart diseases were reduced by 33.6 %, while those with
asthma fell 20.5 %.
Source: Daily News, Istanbul, July 19, 2010
トルコでレストラン、カフェ、バー、鉄道、 タクシー、職場などの全面禁煙を施行してから1年目の
2010年7月にトルコ首相、レジェプ・タイイップ・エルドアン氏は世界保健機関( WHO )から強力な
喫煙規制政策を高く評価され、特別賞を授与された。エルドアン首相は次のように語る。喫煙者は手に
銃器を持つ人々と同じように健康上の危険性がある。喫煙行為による死亡者はテロリズムによる死者を
遙かに上回る。しかし、その日の食料に事欠く貧困者が自分のポケットにタバコを忍ばせているのも
現実だ。公共的空間で喫煙行為を禁止することは自由を制限することだと主張する人がいるが、自殺する
自由はないと言い切る。
受動喫煙防止法が実施されてからタバコの消費量は3億6千万箱以上減少し、心臓病は33.6%、喘息は
20.5%も大幅に減少した。
 ギリシャ喫煙喫煙規制法
Smoking Ban and Tobacco Control in Greece
 イラン受動喫煙防止法
Smoking Ban and Tobacco Control in Iran
 2008年1月執筆 2009年11月英文加筆 2010年8月加筆
禁煙席ネット主宰 医学博士 宮本順伯
★記事、写真のコピー禁止
「禁煙席ネット」へのリンクは自由
The article was written in January 2008, and revised in August 2010,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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