分煙(ぶんえん)

ぶんえん
noun
separation of smoking and non-smoking areas
1. separation of smoking and non-smoking areas
The practice of designating separate areas for smokers and non-smokers in restaurants, offices, and public spaces. A key concept in Japanese public health policy.
この店(みせ)は分煙(ぶんえん)です。
This restaurant has separate smoking and non-smoking areas.
職場(しょくば)の分煙(ぶんえん)対策(たいさく)が進(すす)んでいる。
Smoking area separation measures are advancing in the workplace.
以前(いぜん)は分煙(ぶんえん)が主流(しゅりゅう)だったが、最近(さいきん)は全面禁煙(ぜんめんきんえん)の施設(しせつ)が増(ふ)えている。
Separation of smoking areas used to be the norm, but recently more facilities have gone completely smoke-free.

A compound of 分(ぶん) (divide/separate) and 煙(えん) (smoke). Refers to the policy of physically separating smoking and non-smoking areas rather than banning smoking entirely.

Common collocations

Related words

  • 禁煙(きんえん): no smoking / quitting smoking
  • 喫煙(きつえん): smoking
  • 全面禁煙(ぜんめんきんえん): complete smoking ban
  • 受動喫煙(じゅどうきつえん): passive smoking / secondhand smoke

Cultural note

Japan has gradually tightened smoking regulations. The 2020 改正健康増進法(かいせいけんこうぞうしんほう) (Revised Health Promotion Act) significantly expanded indoor smoking bans, making 分煙(ぶんえん) less common as many establishments shifted to 全面禁煙(ぜんめんきんえん).

Related Words

Related: 喫煙所(きつえんじょ) (smoking area)
Related: 禁煙(きんえん) (no smoking / quitting smoking)
Related: 喫煙(きつえん) (smoking)
Related: 喫煙席(きつえんせき) (smoking seat)
Compare: 喫煙室(きつえんしつ) (smoking room)
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