A 20-stick pack of Marlboro Lights in Japan costs 510 yen (S$6.40). In South Korea, it costs 4,500 won (S$5.50). Puff-happy Japan and South Korea have already seen some success as they take steps to fight second-hand smoke, with measures such as a smoking ban at public facilities and limiting smoking to clearly marked zones.
South Korea last Monday enacted a law that bans people from lighting up within 10m of its 390,000 childcare centres and 9,000 kindergartens, with fines of up to 100,000 won (S$120).
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