日本神奈川禁煙

Recently Mainich News reported the following:

日本マクドナルドは１７日、神奈川県内の全店舗２９８店を３月１日から全面禁煙にすると発表した。同県内の６割にあたる約１８０店舗で既に全面禁煙を実施しているが、４月１日から施行される同県の受動喫煙防止条例で飲食店での喫煙が制限されることを受け、対策を強化する。
　店内にポスターを掲示するなどして喫煙者に理解を求める。ただ、喫煙の要望が多い店舗については、完全分煙に切り替えることもあるという。 ファミリーレストラン「ロイヤルホスト」も、３月１日から改装して喫煙専用室を設けるなどし、同県内の全２５店舗を全面禁煙にする。

McDonald in Japan announced on the 17th that starting from March 1 it would prohibit smoking in all of its 298 stores in Kanagawa prefecture. Although in this prefecture in total 60 percent or about 180 stores were already under the general restriction on no smoking, as from April 1, for the purpose of strengthening the measures, smoking in restaurants would be restricted under the Passive Smoking Prevention Ordinance.

In the stores, posters would be put up to seek the understanding of smokers. However, it was said that in stores where demand for smoking was huge, it might switch into setting up completely isolated smoking area. From March 1 the family restaurant "Royal Host" would start redecoration work to set up smoking special room, and it was decided that all 25 stores in the prefecture would ban smoking completely.

It seems that in some prefectures of Japan, the no-smoking policy is applied more flexibly.