Tobacco of 1000 yen ($104).

Tobacco of 1000 yen ($104).The assemblyman league which considers tobacco and health announced.It is the steep price increase of a tobacco-related tax.It was expected to propose to raise the price of one box of tobacco to 600 - 1000 yen.The massive tax increase of tobacco is likely to be set to one of the focuses of revision of tax system in the 2009 fiscal year.Rebounding of the related industries, such as Japan Tobacco (JT) and a tobacco farmhouse, is inevitable, and is likely to draw controversy.
The postscript of edit.I stopped tobacco.It is 18 months ago.However, it is an amount of money heavy to a habitual smoker.Tobacco will not be stopped suddenly.