Japan is considering a hike in its tobacco tax to help fund reconstruction costs, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Thursday, which could be first in a variety of tax increases as the country rebuilds from natural disaster and tries to repair weak public finances.
The hike, which the government hopes to implement as early as the next fiscal year starting April 2012, could bring in as much as 200 billion yen ($2.5 billion) annually, the newspaper said without citing sources.
The Democratic Party-led government agreed last month to double the 5 percent sales tax by mid-decade to pay for social security costs, which are rising by about one trillion yen a year due to an aging society.
Japan's outstanding debts are about twice the size of its $5 trillion economy, and credit ratings agencies say tax hikes are needed to avoid a sovereign downgrade.
An advisory panel called last month for a temporary hike to either the sales tax, the corporate tax or income taxes to rebuild the northeast coast, which was devastated by a large earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
But embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces a divided parliament where opposition parties can block legislation and it is not clear whether such hikes can be implemented.
The government is leaning toward increasing taxes on cigarettes as that's likely to draw less objection from the public, the Yomiuri said.
A tobacco tax hike would however be a blow to Japan Tobacco (2914.T) which controls close to two-thirds of the domestic cigarette market. ($1 = 80.930 Japanese Yen)
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понедельник, 7 сентября 2009 г.
Big Tobacco Strikes Back
It didn’t take long for tobacco companies to try to evade tough new restrictions on their ability to market to young people. Less than three months after a landmark federal law granted the Food and Drug Administration power to regulate tobacco products, several of the industry’s biggest companies filed suit in tobacco-friendly Kentucky. They contend that the law’s marketing provisions infringe their commercial free-speech rights.
For the sake of the public’s health, we hope this suit is the last gasp of an industry that has a long, sorry history of pretending to market only to adults while surreptitiously targeting young people.
The industry is not trying to upend the entire law or the government’s right to regulate cigarette contents. Rather, it seeks to block restrictions that would greatly limit how and where it can advertise.
The law, for example, bans the use of color or graphic images in advertisements placed in magazines that reach a significant number of people under the age of 18 even though the primary audience might be adults. Ads in those magazines would have to consist of black text on a white background. The lawsuit contends that People magazine, Sports Illustrated and ESPN the Magazine, all read predominantly by adults, would be limited to black-and-white tobacco ads.
Under another provision, cigarette packages would have to carry much larger warnings than the current labels and would have to use color graphics to depict the health consequences of smoking.
The law also prohibits advertising that products carry a lower risk than traditional cigarettes without F.D.A. approval, a provision aimed at ensuring that such claims are scientifically valid not only for individual smokers but also for the population as a whole, including nonsmokers who might be enticed to smoke if they thought a cigarette was low-risk.
The industry contends that these and other restrictions limit its ability to convey “truthful information” about a lawful product to adult consumers, not just to young people. Antismoking advocates retort that the companies can convey their information in black and white without using colorful images that have a strong emotional resonance with young people.
To uphold the law, the courts would have to decide that all of these provisions are “narrowly tailored” to the goal of reducing youth smoking, one of the tests of constitutionality. In 2001 the Supreme Court overturned rules in Massachusetts prohibiting outdoor advertising of tobacco products within 1,000 feet of schools and playgrounds because, while aimed at protecting children, the restrictions interfered unduly with messages aimed at adults.
The new law revises provisions on outdoor advertising to meet the objections raised in that case. They would not prohibit ads in retail store windows near schools and playgrounds, for example, so that adult passers-by would know tobacco products were on sale inside.
And just in case more changes are thought necessary, the law instructs the F.D.A. to modify its rules before issuing them to comply with the Massachusetts decision and other governing First Amendment cases.
On public health grounds, the tobacco industry does not deserve much latitude to promote its deadly products with colorful images, as opposed to black-and-white text. In a 2006 opinion based on company documents, Federal District Judge Gladys Kessler found that tobacco companies had marketed to young people “while consistently, publicly, and falsely, denying they do so.”
Now, the courts must decide how much this rogue industry may be restrained. The health of millions of impressionable young people rides on the outcome.
For the sake of the public’s health, we hope this suit is the last gasp of an industry that has a long, sorry history of pretending to market only to adults while surreptitiously targeting young people.
The industry is not trying to upend the entire law or the government’s right to regulate cigarette contents. Rather, it seeks to block restrictions that would greatly limit how and where it can advertise.
The law, for example, bans the use of color or graphic images in advertisements placed in magazines that reach a significant number of people under the age of 18 even though the primary audience might be adults. Ads in those magazines would have to consist of black text on a white background. The lawsuit contends that People magazine, Sports Illustrated and ESPN the Magazine, all read predominantly by adults, would be limited to black-and-white tobacco ads.
Under another provision, cigarette packages would have to carry much larger warnings than the current labels and would have to use color graphics to depict the health consequences of smoking.
The law also prohibits advertising that products carry a lower risk than traditional cigarettes without F.D.A. approval, a provision aimed at ensuring that such claims are scientifically valid not only for individual smokers but also for the population as a whole, including nonsmokers who might be enticed to smoke if they thought a cigarette was low-risk.
The industry contends that these and other restrictions limit its ability to convey “truthful information” about a lawful product to adult consumers, not just to young people. Antismoking advocates retort that the companies can convey their information in black and white without using colorful images that have a strong emotional resonance with young people.
To uphold the law, the courts would have to decide that all of these provisions are “narrowly tailored” to the goal of reducing youth smoking, one of the tests of constitutionality. In 2001 the Supreme Court overturned rules in Massachusetts prohibiting outdoor advertising of tobacco products within 1,000 feet of schools and playgrounds because, while aimed at protecting children, the restrictions interfered unduly with messages aimed at adults.
The new law revises provisions on outdoor advertising to meet the objections raised in that case. They would not prohibit ads in retail store windows near schools and playgrounds, for example, so that adult passers-by would know tobacco products were on sale inside.
And just in case more changes are thought necessary, the law instructs the F.D.A. to modify its rules before issuing them to comply with the Massachusetts decision and other governing First Amendment cases.
On public health grounds, the tobacco industry does not deserve much latitude to promote its deadly products with colorful images, as opposed to black-and-white text. In a 2006 opinion based on company documents, Federal District Judge Gladys Kessler found that tobacco companies had marketed to young people “while consistently, publicly, and falsely, denying they do so.”
Now, the courts must decide how much this rogue industry may be restrained. The health of millions of impressionable young people rides on the outcome.
пятница, 21 августа 2009 г.
Man pleads guilty to smuggling cigarettes abroad
MIAMI — Authorities say an American has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 27 million cigarettes from the U.S. into some European Union countries.
Authorities in Miami say 57-year-old Roman Vidal pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud. They say he was trying to avoid paying more than $6.5 million in customs and tax duties.
They say he arranged to buy cases of cigarettes from Panama along with other cargo such as yarn and wood flooring to cover them up. Authorities say he directed the preparation of documents that declared only the cover materials, not the cigarettes.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 10.
Vidal's attorney didn't immediately return a telephone message and an e-mail.
Authorities in Miami say 57-year-old Roman Vidal pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud. They say he was trying to avoid paying more than $6.5 million in customs and tax duties.
They say he arranged to buy cases of cigarettes from Panama along with other cargo such as yarn and wood flooring to cover them up. Authorities say he directed the preparation of documents that declared only the cover materials, not the cigarettes.
Sentencing is set for Nov. 10.
Vidal's attorney didn't immediately return a telephone message and an e-mail.
понедельник, 17 августа 2009 г.
Smokeless "E-cigarette" Makers and FDA in Court Today
CHICAGO - One state has already banned e-cigarettes, the battery-powered tobacco-free smoking tubes. This week, two distributors of the products challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in federal court for confiscating product shipments from China; the FDA says they are dangerous.
The tube looks like a paper-and-tobacco cigarette and produces vapors of nicotine and flavors that can be inhaled without the traditional cigarette smoke. Those who uses the devices call it "vaping." Oregon has banned the sale of the so-called electronic cigarettes, as have Canada and Mexico. Some makers of e-cigarettes say "vaping" is safer than smoking. Kathy Drea, vice president of advocacy for the American Lung Association Upper Midwest says that's debatable.
"The FDA has found carcinogens and toxic chemicals in the vapor that the person inhales and in the vapor that's released from the e-cigarette."
Drea says that those findings were from a small sample only, and because e-cigarettes are so new, no one really knows the long-term health effects. She says the American Lung Association is concerned about how fast these e-cigarettes hit the market.
"These cigarette manufacturers have sold these nicotine delivery devices without any FDA review or approval."
Drea says the results of preliminary tests don't look good.
"The FDA has done some studies on the e-cigarettes, and they have found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals, including ingredients found in antifreeze."
The antifreeze ingredient is diethyline glycol.
The federal district court will be asked to decide whether e-cigarettes should be classified as tobacco or as nicotine products. If they are classified as nicotine, then the FDA says they should be treated just like any smoking cessation aid and should be subject to federal regulation and testing. The manufacturers want the court to classify e-cigarettes as tobacco products, to be more loosely regulated. The Electronic Cigarette Association, which represents the distributors, claims e-cigarettes deliver a harmless mixture of nicotine and water vapor.
The Upper Midwest District includes Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North and South Dakota.
The tube looks like a paper-and-tobacco cigarette and produces vapors of nicotine and flavors that can be inhaled without the traditional cigarette smoke. Those who uses the devices call it "vaping." Oregon has banned the sale of the so-called electronic cigarettes, as have Canada and Mexico. Some makers of e-cigarettes say "vaping" is safer than smoking. Kathy Drea, vice president of advocacy for the American Lung Association Upper Midwest says that's debatable.
"The FDA has found carcinogens and toxic chemicals in the vapor that the person inhales and in the vapor that's released from the e-cigarette."
Drea says that those findings were from a small sample only, and because e-cigarettes are so new, no one really knows the long-term health effects. She says the American Lung Association is concerned about how fast these e-cigarettes hit the market.
"These cigarette manufacturers have sold these nicotine delivery devices without any FDA review or approval."
Drea says the results of preliminary tests don't look good.
"The FDA has done some studies on the e-cigarettes, and they have found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals, including ingredients found in antifreeze."
The antifreeze ingredient is diethyline glycol.
The federal district court will be asked to decide whether e-cigarettes should be classified as tobacco or as nicotine products. If they are classified as nicotine, then the FDA says they should be treated just like any smoking cessation aid and should be subject to federal regulation and testing. The manufacturers want the court to classify e-cigarettes as tobacco products, to be more loosely regulated. The Electronic Cigarette Association, which represents the distributors, claims e-cigarettes deliver a harmless mixture of nicotine and water vapor.
The Upper Midwest District includes Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North and South Dakota.
вторник, 11 августа 2009 г.
Cigarette display ban will boost illegal sales
GOVERNMENT plans to ban cigarette displays in shops will boost black market tobacco sales, shopkeepers say.
In December last year the Government announced plans to force shop owners to store all tobacco products under the counter.
The Government believe it will curb teenage smoking.
But tobacconists, including Kirklees councillor Mohammed Sarwar, believe it will ruin their trade and encourage smokers to buy counterfeit and illegally imported cigarettes.
A study from of 26,000 UK shopkeepers by the Tobacco Retailers Alliance found 81% of convenience shop owners in Yorkshire believed the illegal tobacco business would benefit from a law which prohibits tobacco displays in shops.
Clr Sarwar, who owns Fair Price, Newsome Road, said: “People think the prices for legal tobacco are high and they can get imported cigarettes for less. Already shopkeepers are struggling.
“Yesterday 80% of my sales were cigarettes. When display units are stopped I think there will be a big loss.
“I think it will increase black market cigarette sales and create more problems for shopkeepers.
“Also if you have to bend down to get the cigarettes someone could hit you over the head and steal from the till.”
In December last year the Government announced plans to force shop owners to store all tobacco products under the counter.
The Government believe it will curb teenage smoking.
But tobacconists, including Kirklees councillor Mohammed Sarwar, believe it will ruin their trade and encourage smokers to buy counterfeit and illegally imported cigarettes.
A study from of 26,000 UK shopkeepers by the Tobacco Retailers Alliance found 81% of convenience shop owners in Yorkshire believed the illegal tobacco business would benefit from a law which prohibits tobacco displays in shops.
Clr Sarwar, who owns Fair Price, Newsome Road, said: “People think the prices for legal tobacco are high and they can get imported cigarettes for less. Already shopkeepers are struggling.
“Yesterday 80% of my sales were cigarettes. When display units are stopped I think there will be a big loss.
“I think it will increase black market cigarette sales and create more problems for shopkeepers.
“Also if you have to bend down to get the cigarettes someone could hit you over the head and steal from the till.”
четверг, 6 августа 2009 г.
Man 'scammed $1.1m in cigarettes'
A MAN set up a fake shop front so he could steal more than $1 million in cigarettes from tobacco suppliers in just three weeks, a court has been told.
Son Thanh Nguyen, 50, of Durack, ran the scam from his leased shop at Capalaba between July and August 1999, the Brisbane District Court was told today.
Prosecutor Chris Minnery said Mr Nguyen ordered cigarettes from three suppliers - Australian Independent Wholesalers, Rothmans and Trio Brothers Pty Ltd - and then paid with valueless cheques upon delivery.
When the tobacco suppliers visited the shop to demand payment they found it empty.
The court was told Mr Nguyen had fled the country for Vietnam, where he was born and lived before coming to Australia in 1981 as a refugee.
Mr Minnery said none of the stock has been recovered, with suppliers suffering a total loss of more than $1.1 million.
The court was told Mr Nguyen eventually returned to Australia and was located by police in Inala in 2004.
He was charged with 17 counts of aggravated fraud to which he pleaded guilty today.
He was sentenced to six years' jail and will be eligible for parole after serving two years behind bars.
Son Thanh Nguyen, 50, of Durack, ran the scam from his leased shop at Capalaba between July and August 1999, the Brisbane District Court was told today.
Prosecutor Chris Minnery said Mr Nguyen ordered cigarettes from three suppliers - Australian Independent Wholesalers, Rothmans and Trio Brothers Pty Ltd - and then paid with valueless cheques upon delivery.
When the tobacco suppliers visited the shop to demand payment they found it empty.
The court was told Mr Nguyen had fled the country for Vietnam, where he was born and lived before coming to Australia in 1981 as a refugee.
Mr Minnery said none of the stock has been recovered, with suppliers suffering a total loss of more than $1.1 million.
The court was told Mr Nguyen eventually returned to Australia and was located by police in Inala in 2004.
He was charged with 17 counts of aggravated fraud to which he pleaded guilty today.
He was sentenced to six years' jail and will be eligible for parole after serving two years behind bars.
понедельник, 6 июля 2009 г.
Counterfeit cigarettes seized
Johannesburg - Mpumalanga police have seized a truck transporting counterfeit cigarettes worth about R4.1m after it entered South Africa from Mozambique.
Captain Leonard Hlathi said on Wednesday that police were told about the truck on Tuesday night. It was on its way to Limpopo.
They waited until the truck got onto the N4 freeway near Malelane before stopping it. They found about 590 boxes of counterfeit cigarettes.
The driver, a Mozambican national, had a South African passport in his possession. He is expected to appear in the Komatipoort Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of possession of illegal property.
Police are still investigating how he got hold of a South African passport.
Captain Leonard Hlathi said on Wednesday that police were told about the truck on Tuesday night. It was on its way to Limpopo.
They waited until the truck got onto the N4 freeway near Malelane before stopping it. They found about 590 boxes of counterfeit cigarettes.
The driver, a Mozambican national, had a South African passport in his possession. He is expected to appear in the Komatipoort Magistrate's Court on Friday on a charge of possession of illegal property.
Police are still investigating how he got hold of a South African passport.
пятница, 29 мая 2009 г.
Sen. Lautenberg wants to snuff out electronic cigarettes
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) wants to ban a smoking device that several House Republicans have trumpeted for helping them quit smoking.
The battery-operated device, known as an electronic cigarette, looks like a normal cigarette, but contains no tobacco and instead of smoke emits a nicotine vapor when the user inhales. Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have all been spotted using the device on Capitol Hill.
But the device, which is sold over the Internet and at select mall kiosks, needs to be tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before it is deemed safe for general use, Lautenberg wrote in a letter to the FDA on Monday.
“Manufacturers and retailers of these products claim that e-cigarettes are safe, and even that these products can help smokers quit traditional cigarettes,” he wrote.
“However, there have been no clinical studies to prove these products are effective at helping smokers quit, nor have any studies verified the safety of these products or their long-term health effects.”
Stearns shot back at Lautenberg on Monday, saying that there is no evidence that the device is harmful.
“Before the FDA takes any immediate action, it should put forward scientific evidence that these products are harmful or unsafe,” he said in a statement.
“These e-cigarettes are smokeless and do not produce carcinogens. The nicotine in e-cigarettes is controlled in a capsule that can help in smoking cessation by allowing the user to reduce gradually the nicotine level, hopefully to zero.”
Stearns has sent electronic cigarettes to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama to help them quit smoking. He’s been seen using the device in the Speaker’s Lobby, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) banned smoking two years ago. Her office did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
A longtime opponent of smoking, Lautenberg authored the law that banned smoking on airplanes and a law that banned smoking in federal facilities that serve children.
The battery-operated device, known as an electronic cigarette, looks like a normal cigarette, but contains no tobacco and instead of smoke emits a nicotine vapor when the user inhales. Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have all been spotted using the device on Capitol Hill.
But the device, which is sold over the Internet and at select mall kiosks, needs to be tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before it is deemed safe for general use, Lautenberg wrote in a letter to the FDA on Monday.
“Manufacturers and retailers of these products claim that e-cigarettes are safe, and even that these products can help smokers quit traditional cigarettes,” he wrote.
“However, there have been no clinical studies to prove these products are effective at helping smokers quit, nor have any studies verified the safety of these products or their long-term health effects.”
Stearns shot back at Lautenberg on Monday, saying that there is no evidence that the device is harmful.
“Before the FDA takes any immediate action, it should put forward scientific evidence that these products are harmful or unsafe,” he said in a statement.
“These e-cigarettes are smokeless and do not produce carcinogens. The nicotine in e-cigarettes is controlled in a capsule that can help in smoking cessation by allowing the user to reduce gradually the nicotine level, hopefully to zero.”
Stearns has sent electronic cigarettes to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama to help them quit smoking. He’s been seen using the device in the Speaker’s Lobby, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) banned smoking two years ago. Her office did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
A longtime opponent of smoking, Lautenberg authored the law that banned smoking on airplanes and a law that banned smoking in federal facilities that serve children.
понедельник, 11 мая 2009 г.
Cigarettes less likely to burn.
The latest salvo from Canada's four-year-old Federal Tobacco Control Strategy calls for all cigarettes manufactured or sold in Canada to be of a reduced ignition propensity. Bill C-260, an act to amend the Hazardous Products Act, says that as of October 1, 2005, all cigarettes--imported or otherwise, must conform to the Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes adopted in 2002 (ASTM E2187-02b). Are the manufacturers ready?
The standard says manufactured cigarettes--which make up 85% of all tobacco products sold in Canada--can burn their full length no more than 25% of the time during 40 replicate tests on 10 layers of filter paper. The test uses standard filter paper as a heat sink, allowing a cigarette to self-extinguish once its coal has cooled. Health Canada chose the 25% standard because it is the strictest standard demonstrated to be achievable over 20 years of research, since a US Congress-mandated study determined that a low-ignition-propensity (LIP) cigarette was commercially feasible.
Under the authority of Canada's Tobacco Act, anyone manufacturing a tobacco product that does not conform to the new standards faces fines of up to $300,000 and imprisonment for up to two years. Compliance would be monitored through sampling and analysis, and targets all cigarettes manufactured or imported in the country.
This method of testing, say critics like John Wildgust, head of corporate affairs at JTI-Macdonald Corp, is misleading. The use of filter paper instead of furniture mock-ups, no crevice testing and no artificial airflow means, "the testing required under the current regulation does not correspond to real-world situations--involving, for example, flammable fabrics or other conditions under which cigarettes may be normally used. We are concerned that consumers may mistakenly believe that these products are 'fire-safe' and...
The standard says manufactured cigarettes--which make up 85% of all tobacco products sold in Canada--can burn their full length no more than 25% of the time during 40 replicate tests on 10 layers of filter paper. The test uses standard filter paper as a heat sink, allowing a cigarette to self-extinguish once its coal has cooled. Health Canada chose the 25% standard because it is the strictest standard demonstrated to be achievable over 20 years of research, since a US Congress-mandated study determined that a low-ignition-propensity (LIP) cigarette was commercially feasible.
Under the authority of Canada's Tobacco Act, anyone manufacturing a tobacco product that does not conform to the new standards faces fines of up to $300,000 and imprisonment for up to two years. Compliance would be monitored through sampling and analysis, and targets all cigarettes manufactured or imported in the country.
This method of testing, say critics like John Wildgust, head of corporate affairs at JTI-Macdonald Corp, is misleading. The use of filter paper instead of furniture mock-ups, no crevice testing and no artificial airflow means, "the testing required under the current regulation does not correspond to real-world situations--involving, for example, flammable fabrics or other conditions under which cigarettes may be normally used. We are concerned that consumers may mistakenly believe that these products are 'fire-safe' and...
понедельник, 4 мая 2009 г.
Tourists unwittingly 'smuggling' cigarettes
Holidaymakers to some European Union countries are unknowingly breaking the law by bringing back more cigarettes than they are allowed to. Unlike the rest of the EU, only 200 cigarettes can be brought back from Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. It means tourists can be charged with smuggling if they go over the limit and face fines of up to £800.
Britain, along with a number of other western European countries, applied the rules in 2004 and 2007 when the eastern countries with low cigarette taxation joined the EU.
A greater amount of cigarettes can be brought back from other EU countries, as long as it can be proved they are for personal use. But some Britons are falling foul of the rules. Tourist Dave Hunt had 1,800 cigarettes confiscated by customs officials at Gatwick airport after coming back from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
The 35-year-old said: 'I didn't realise I couldn't bring that many in. These are EU countries and we're meant to have free trade between them so why have they made up these strange rules?'
HM Revenue and Customs maintains that travellers are receiving adequate warnings of the limits, with posters at airports and leaflets.
Britain, along with a number of other western European countries, applied the rules in 2004 and 2007 when the eastern countries with low cigarette taxation joined the EU.
A greater amount of cigarettes can be brought back from other EU countries, as long as it can be proved they are for personal use. But some Britons are falling foul of the rules. Tourist Dave Hunt had 1,800 cigarettes confiscated by customs officials at Gatwick airport after coming back from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
The 35-year-old said: 'I didn't realise I couldn't bring that many in. These are EU countries and we're meant to have free trade between them so why have they made up these strange rules?'
HM Revenue and Customs maintains that travellers are receiving adequate warnings of the limits, with posters at airports and leaflets.
четверг, 16 апреля 2009 г.
Japan Tobacco will pay $400 to European Union
Japan Tobacco Company signed an agreement with European Union for 15 years on struggle against tobacco smuggling. In the context of this agreement, Japan Tobacco has to pay $400 million to EU for break in tobacco trade. In return EU countries refuse any pretensions to Japan Company. The agreement was not signed by Great Britain, which is intended to continue investigations of breaks committed by Japan Tobacco.
Besides, according to the document, Japan Company has to take measures on struggle against smuggling of tobacco production also on production of infringing cigarettes production. Clear profit of the third tobacco company in the world Japan Tobacco Inc. in the first half year 2007‐2008 reduced at 25,3%. Operational profit of the cigarettes company in the first half year 2007‐2008 reduced at 10,4% and amounted at $928 million in comparison with $1,03 billion got at first half year 2006‐2007.
Japan Tobacco is the third cigarettescompany in the world. It was founded in 1898. Japan Tobacco produces such popular cigarettes brands as Mild Seven, also possesses the right on sale of cigarettes Camel, Winston and Salem outside USA. 50% of JT shares belong to the Japan government.
Besides, according to the document, Japan Company has to take measures on struggle against smuggling of tobacco production also on production of infringing cigarettes production. Clear profit of the third tobacco company in the world Japan Tobacco Inc. in the first half year 2007‐2008 reduced at 25,3%. Operational profit of the cigarettes company in the first half year 2007‐2008 reduced at 10,4% and amounted at $928 million in comparison with $1,03 billion got at first half year 2006‐2007.
Japan Tobacco is the third cigarettescompany in the world. It was founded in 1898. Japan Tobacco produces such popular cigarettes brands as Mild Seven, also possesses the right on sale of cigarettes Camel, Winston and Salem outside USA. 50% of JT shares belong to the Japan government.
среда, 15 апреля 2009 г.
Warning over mild or light cigarettes
Smokers are being warned that all tobacco is deadly no matter how it is packaged.
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation executive director Jane Patterson says smoking tobacco described as 'light' and 'mild' is not better for health and is not safer to smoke compared with smoking regular tobacco.
In 2005, 44% of the manufactured cigarette brands listed for sale contained at least one description, such as light or mild.
Patterson says the tobacco industry has promoted light and mild cigarettes as 'safer' or as an alternative to quitting, when all along it has known that these products are not better for health, or safer to smoke, than regular tobacco.
Recent New Zealand research shows that the tar and nicotine content of light cigarettes is comparable to regular cigarettes, and that light cigarettesmight deliver more carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes.
Smokers are also likely to compensate for smoking 'light' cigarettes, by inhaling more deeply, holding smoke in the lungs for longer, covering manufactured cigarette ventilation holes with the fingers or mouth, or smoking more frequently.
Smokefree coalition director Mark Peck says a survey of 2709 smokers reported 36% smoked light or mild cigarettes.
This included 27% of Maori and 40% of females surveyed.
Those who reported smoking light and mild were asked why they smoked these types - 23% gave some health-related reason for their choice, and a further 5% thought that light or mild cigarettes were 'less addictive' and/or 'made it easier to quit'.
The NZ Commerce Commission recently warned the tobacco industry to remove the light and mild descriptions from tobacco products, because they mislead customers about the health risks of smoking.
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation executive director Jane Patterson says smoking tobacco described as 'light' and 'mild' is not better for health and is not safer to smoke compared with smoking regular tobacco.
In 2005, 44% of the manufactured cigarette brands listed for sale contained at least one description, such as light or mild.
Patterson says the tobacco industry has promoted light and mild cigarettes as 'safer' or as an alternative to quitting, when all along it has known that these products are not better for health, or safer to smoke, than regular tobacco.
Recent New Zealand research shows that the tar and nicotine content of light cigarettes is comparable to regular cigarettes, and that light cigarettesmight deliver more carbon monoxide than regular cigarettes.
Smokers are also likely to compensate for smoking 'light' cigarettes, by inhaling more deeply, holding smoke in the lungs for longer, covering manufactured cigarette ventilation holes with the fingers or mouth, or smoking more frequently.
Smokefree coalition director Mark Peck says a survey of 2709 smokers reported 36% smoked light or mild cigarettes.
This included 27% of Maori and 40% of females surveyed.
Those who reported smoking light and mild were asked why they smoked these types - 23% gave some health-related reason for their choice, and a further 5% thought that light or mild cigarettes were 'less addictive' and/or 'made it easier to quit'.
The NZ Commerce Commission recently warned the tobacco industry to remove the light and mild descriptions from tobacco products, because they mislead customers about the health risks of smoking.
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