Abstract
Abstract
[Background] Dr Takeshi Hirayama activated studies on Japanese smoking control science fields, but the beginning of such studies is not clear. To detect the birth period, I reviewed articles in a medical journal.
[Methods] All the articles in Japan Medical Journal throughout Number 1 published in 1921 to Number 4366 in 2007 were examined.
[Results] The first article was a letter from a reader on a smoking cessation method in 1929. The first discussion on smoking and dental health by 2 medical doctors appeared in 1936. In 1944, a post card survey report on smoking and health was delivered. After these papers, 25 articles were found and recognised as smoking control category between 1950 and 1989. After 1990, more than 40 papers were issued.
[Conclusion] In Japan, early studies on smoking control science were born before the World War Ⅱ, namely 1930 s.
