禁煙の話題（５） ― stub out

"stub"とは、タバコの吸殻のことです。"stub"を動詞で使うと、タバコなどを押しつぶして火を消す行為を指します。


Finland Banishes Marlboros From Shelves to Stub Out Smoking

Marlboro Man lit up his last cigarette on Finnish TV screens in 1978. Soon, his smokes will be out of plain sight in stores and selling tobacco to Marlboro Jr. may land the retailer in jail.

Finland will push tobacco sales under the counter in shops as a new law comes into effect in stages, starting today. The Nordic nation, one of the first to ban tobacco adverts, is the first to target an end to smoking through legal means.

“It’s a warning to the people who want to invest, or work in, or be a part of the tobacco industry,” said Ismo Tuominen, an official who helped draft the new law at the Helsinki-based Health Ministry. “This is a warning that we are trying to get rid of this business in Finland once and for all.”
(Bloomberg. October 1, 2010.)


日本の禁煙施策は生ぬるいという批判があるようですが、北欧はかなり徹底しているようです。日本も見習ったら？

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