International Mail (Information from Toyokawa) No. 3
とよかわ安心メール 【International Mail】
7.自転車乗車用ヘルメット購入費の補助対象を拡大
Eligibility range is enlarged for subsidy for the purchase of bicycle
helmet
Human Rights and Community Safety Division (Jinken Seikatsu Anzen Ka)
Eligibility: Person living in Toyokawa
Eligible helmet: A bicycle riding helmet that has been certified for safety such
as the SG mark and purchased on April 1, 2024 and after
Sum of subsidy: 1/2 of the purchase cost (up to 2,000 yen) (1 helmet per
person)
Application: Please bring directly or send by postal mail a copy of receipt with
product’s name of purchased helmet and application form etc. to Human Rights
and Community Safety Division (North Bldg. 2F). Application form is available at
the Division (It can be downloaded from city website.).
8. 見えないたばこの害
Invisible harm of cigarette
Remaining secondhand smoke makes you inhale harmful substances even
after cigarette’s fire is extinguished. Harmful substances in cigarette
continue to occur for 40 minutes or longer from smoker’s breath after
smoking. It is said that harmful substances remain on the person’s hair
and clothes etc. and float in the air little by little. In addition, they also
stick to nearby curtains and wall paper and float in the air again for
several months. “It is OK since I am smoking under ventilating fan or on
the balcony.”, “It is OK since it is an e-cigarette without smoke.” These
comments are not right. Harm of cigarette exists invisibly. Even outdoors,
cigarette’s smoke reaches as far as 25 m downwind, although not visible,
when sencing the smell, you get secondhand smoke. For details such as
measures to prevent secondhand smoke, relation between cigarette and
health, you can read them on city website. In Toyokawa city, public health
nurse provides health consultation service for smoking cessation and
concerns about cigarette. Please feel free to consult.