(PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) “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. I mean, that is so far beyond what any other major market has ever seen. It can happen,” Prof. David T. Sweanor said during the 4th Asia Harm Reduction Forum held virtually from Manila on June 28, 2021. Sweanor is the chair of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Ottawa. He is a recipient of Ottawa’s Outstanding Individual Philanthropist award and Pan-American Health Organization’s Public Health Hero lifetime achievement award.