[A nationwide survey for implementation of Health Japan 21 anti-smoking countermeasures in municipalities throughout Japan].

Purpose: Smoking cessation is one of the most important items for improvement of health in Japan. The Japanese government started a new campaign called the "Health Japan 21" to promote better health of Japanese citizens in the 21st century. The purpose of the present study was to observe the situation of the municipalities throughout Japan regarding implementation of anti-smoking countermeasures and setting of the level of target values to be achieved over the next ten years.

[A nationwide survey for implementation of health Japan 21 dental health promotion programs in local municipalities].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to access the present situation regarding implementation of dental health promotion activities of Health Japan 21 in municipalities.

Methods: Of 1,446 local municipalities that had established local plans for the Health Japan 21 project in 2003, 953 were eligible because these had not been consolidated nor were plan had for consolidation by March 2006. A questionnaire form was mailed to the municipalities in July 2005 with items for assessment of the present status, setting goals for the project, and expectations regarding accomplishment of the local project for Health Japan 21.

Implementation of a smoke-free policy on school premises and tobacco control as a priority among municipal health promotion activities: nationwide survey in Japan.

We conducted a nationwide survey to evaluate the effect of implementing a smoke-free policy in municipalities that forbid teachers to smoke on school premises. Questionnaires were mailed to 3207 municipalities throughout Japan. After we adjusted for population size and the standardized mortality ratio for male lung cancer, we found that assigning a high priority to tobacco control in municipal health promotion activities was significantly associated with implementation of school tobacco-control policies (odds ratio = 1.

[A nationwide survey of municipalities' policy for smoking control and its implementation in relation to its priority grading by public health officers].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the present situation regarding implementation of smoking control programs and to clarify relations with public health officers' attitudes toward smoking control measures.

Methods: A questionnaire form was mailed to the 3,207 local municipalities throughout Japan. The items included in the form were the contents of the smoking control programs, educational activities for passive smoking prevention, interaction with the media to spread education and awareness, and public health officers' attitudes toward smoking control measures.