In Japan, smoking is still allowed in public places and for example in restaurants, so the decision of the organizers is controversial and will cover, among other things, at the stadiums and the OLYMPIC village.
in the OLYMPIC games IN London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 got smokers to special places, but in the winter OLYMPICS in Pyeongchang last year, smoking is completely forbidden and Tokyo follow after.
”The legacy of Tokyo 2020 want to leave behind is a more healthier country”, write the organizers in a press release.
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