AUCKLAND: A public health policy expert urged Asia-Pacific countries to follow Japan's model in tobacco harm reduction that led to a 42-percent decline in smoking rate in just five years.

"Japan is showing us what can be accomplished. A 42-percent decline in cigarette sales in the first quarter of this year, compared to five years ago, is unprecedented.

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