What Is Accounting for the Rapid Decline in Cigarette Sales in Japan?

What Is Accounting for the Rapid Decline in Cigarette Sales in Japan?

This study describes how trends in the sale of cigarettes in Japan between 2011 and 2019 correspond to the sales of heated tobacco products (HTPs) that were introduced into the Japanese market in late 2015. Data used for this study come from the Tobacco Institute of Japan and Philip Morris Internati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K. Michael Cummings, Georges J. Nahhas, David T. Sweanor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
cigarettes
marketing
policy
nicotine
prevention
epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/10/3570
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Summary:This study describes how trends in the sale of cigarettes in Japan between 2011 and 2019 correspond to the sales of heated tobacco products (HTPs) that were introduced into the Japanese market in late 2015. Data used for this study come from the Tobacco Institute of Japan and Philip Morris International. The findings show that the accelerated decline in cigarette only sales in Japan since 2016 corresponds to the introduction and growth in the sales of HTPs.
ISSN:1661-7827
1660-4601

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