"Japan Tobacco (JT), one of the world’s biggest tobacco firms whose international brands include Winston and Camel...JT...controls about two-thirds of the Japanese tobacco market"
Source: Sale of Japan Tobacco stake worth Y747 bil
March 12, 2013
Japan Today
"Japanese (are). .... heavy smokers, consuming an average of 1,800 cigarettes a year, compared to about 1,000 per capita in the United States"
Source: Hiroko Tabuchi (February 25, 2013). "Japan Plans to Sell $10 Billion Stake in Cigarette Firm"
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