Originally Posted by railroadtycoon
I don't have the data that shows how many passengers are actual smokers that travel in smoking cars and who were there because they needed a reserved seat, but the number of smokers in Japan is pretty high.
Perhaps others could post their own findings - my experience has been that when reserved seats are limited, the only ones available are those in smoking carriages. As the percentage of smokers is
much higher than 25% this proves that even smokers prefer
not to sit in these seats.