Commentary / World Aug 4, 2019
Trying to cut cigarette use by banning vaping might backfire
by George F. Will
A ban on vaping in San Francisco might drive more teens to smoke cigarettes.
Business / Corporate Jun 13, 2018
British American Tobacco hit by heated-tobacco slowdown as Japan growth stalls
British American Tobacco PLC said the rapid growth of tobacco-heating products in Japan has slowed, adding to doubts that the category can offset the decline in traditional cigarettes. Market share gains of BAT's Glo device have stalled over the last seven weeks, after the tobacco-heating ...
Business Sep 8, 2017
Tax hike on heat-not-burn tobacco products under consideration as LDP begins review of tax reforms
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will consider raising the tax rate on heat-not-burn tobacco products under a review of the current tax system for the year starting next April, according to its tax panel chief. "We would have to make a decision by the end ...
Commentary / Japan Aug 7, 2017
The LDP's tobacco addiction tells a much bigger story
by William Pesek
If Prime Minister Abe and his party were less beholden to vested interests, his efforts to defeat deflation would gain more traction.
Business / Corporate Mar 22, 2017
BAT finds strong Japan demand for its Glo smokeless tobacco device
British American Tobacco said demand for its Glo tobacco heating device overwhelmed supply in its Japan test marketing, as global cigarette giants shift focus to the new product category amid a declining smoking population. The "heat but not burn" tobacco is rapidly gaining popularity in ...
Business / Corporate Feb 4, 2017
Japan Tobacco sees no quick output fix for alternative smoking device
The capacity constraints that have dogged the domestic launch of Japan Tobacco Inc.'s heated-tobacco device will take a while yet to resolve, according to a company executive, handing a further boost to Philip Morris International Inc. in the world's most advanced market for next-generation ...
Business / Corporate Nov 9, 2016
BAT to debut new tobacco device in Japan in challenge to Philip Morris
British American Tobacco will begin selling its heated tobacco product Glo in Japan next month, ratcheting up competition in a nation that's become the foremost battleground for next-generation cigarettes. Glo, a silver device that resembles an iPod and heats tobacco without burning it, will go ...
World / Social Issues Jun 10, 2016
Necking gives way to 'cautious generation' texting as CDC finds fewer kids having sex
The troubles with kids these days ... are not as common as they used to be. U.S. teens are having a lot less sex, they are drinking and using drugs less often, and they aren't smoking as much, according a government survey of risky ...
Business / Corporate May 1, 2015
Japan Tobacco to buy U.S. e-cigarette brand as operating profit falls
Japan Tobacco Inc.'s first-quarter operating profit declined 8.4 percent as domestic cigarette sales fell and the weakness of the Russian ruble hurt earnings from its biggest overseas market. The company also agreed to buy Logic Technology Development LLC, a U.S. e-cigarette brand, as it expands ...
Commentary / World Apr 28, 2015
When bootleggers and Baptists converge ...
by George Will
Regulations often come from a counterintuitive convergence of pressures from two groups: merchants and moralists.
Business | YEN FOR LIVING Jan 13, 2015
Cheap smokes finally going up in price
by Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku
Until the tobacco prices went up in 2010, third-class cigarette sales were very low.