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Japan Tobacco Aims to Boost Overseas Profit 10% as Domestic Demand Drops

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:22:59 +0000

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world’s third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker, aims to boost overseas profit at least 10 percent as a tax increase damps demand at home. Japan Tobacco plans to increase sales in countries including Russia, Yasushi Shingai, executive vice president of the JT International SA unit, said in an interview on Feb. 10 in Tokyo, where the company is based. The cigarette maker will focus on its more profi ... Jump to full article >>

Death of 3.5 Million Makes Dismal Economics

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:32:15 +0000

Anyone who thinks smoking isn’t government’s business should consider one number: 3.5 million. That’s how many people in the second-biggest economy will die each year from tobacco use by 2030, according to a report by prominent Chinese health experts and economists. More than lives will go up in smoke. So will productivity, public money and growth. China immediately should raise cigarette prices, increase health awareness a ... Jump to full article >>

Call for debate on smoking

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:10:56 +0000

Recently Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) and the state were successful in their defense against a damages suit in which three people had sought ¥10 million each for health problems — cancer and pulmonary emphysema — allegedly caused by smoking. Still, the Jan. 20 Yokohama District Court ruling, which the plaintiffs appealed Feb. 1, includes points that JT and the government should seriously consider. The ruling covered the period fr ... Jump to full article >>