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from Kyklops on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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10 Mar 08 visit TASPO the licence of the cigarette  »  YouTube videoThe license certificate of the cigarette is promulgated in the whole country in June this yea in Japan. http://www.taspo.jp/english/index.html
13 Jun 08 visit Hiking cigarette taxes 'disastrous' move for consumers, industry: JT  »  Japan Times Japan Tobacco Inc. says a proposal to triple cigarette prices through higher taxes would devastate the nation's tobacco industry and could hurt the share price of the world's third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker. "It would be disastrous harm...
15 Jul 08 visit Business › Cigarette retailers to revive late night sales at vending machines  »  Japan Today Cigarette retailers will lift their 12-year-old voluntary ban on late-night cigarette sales through vending machines from Aug 1, the Japan Tobacconist Federation said Monday. The…
07 Aug 08 visit Business › Cigarette prices may be doubled  »  Japan Today A cross-party group of lawmakers is set to propose that the nation's tobacco tax be raised so that cigarette prices more than double from their…
15 Apr 09 visit Crime › Hiroshima man held for burning girlfriend’s 4-yr-old son with cigarette  »  Japan Today A 37-year-old man was arrested for assault on Tuesday, accused of burning his partner’s son with a cigarette on the night of April 6. Police…
25 May 08 visit Second wind for cigarette sales  »  Japan Times At the initiative of the Finance Ministry, the government has introduced a system to verify the age of anyone using a cigarette vending machine. But the system reportedly is not widely used. Under the system, whoever wishes to buy cigarettes from a...

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