| Summary: | Introduction
This review aims to clarify the status and future directions of
comprehensive tobacco control policies for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games based
on a comparison with seventeen countries that hosted the Olympic Games.
Methods
Seventeen countries that hosted the Olympic Games from 1988 to 2018
were identified by searching the website of IOC. A comparison of the contents was
carried out by six themes (Monitor, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforcement and Raise)
in accordance with the MPOWER package for implementation of the FCTC. The
comparison items and data were obtained from Global Health Observatory (GHO)
data, Japanese government websites, and the literature. Based on the MPOWER
scale, the 17 countries were ranked by total score, and a correlation between
smoking prevalence and MPOWER total scores was established.
Results
The following three results were clarified: 1) Compared to the 17 countries
that hosted the Olympic Games, smoking prevalence in Japan at 22.5% is at a
moderate level and male smoking prevalence (33.7%) is still higher than other
developed countries such as UK (24.7%) and Australia (16.5%); 2) Japanese
tobacco control policies were far behind other countries that hosted the Olympic
Games, especially in protecting people from tobacco smoke, warning about the
dangers of tobacco, anti-tobacco mass media campaigns and enforcing bans on
tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and 3) The better practice in
MPOWER was able to reduce total and male smoking prevalence in the study
countries.
Conclusions
Japanese tobacco control policies are far behind other countries that
hosted the Olympic Games. In order to successfully hold the 2020 Tokyo Olympic
Games, it will be necessary to strengthen tobacco control policies, based on the
FCTC, in the future.
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