Japanese Cigarette Machine Checks ID Underage smokers beware: vending machines in Japan are checking your age. In two Japanese towns, customers must flash an electronic ID card before they can ...

Marlboro maker Philip Morris International says its e-cigarette has rapidly captured close to 3 percent of Japanese tobacco sales, making inroads into a market Japan Tobacco (JT) relies on for 40 ...

Politicians, activists, and regulators may be trying to undermine Philip Morris International's (NYSE: PM) ability to earn a reduced-risk designation for its heated tobacco iQOS device in the U.S ...

In a move that's sure to annoy tobacco-lovers nationwide, especially underage ones, Japan has announced that the country's 620,000 cigarette vending machines will be replaced in 2008 with models ...

Japan's overall cigarette sales in June shrank 5.2 percent. ... JT's electronic cigarette stick, dubbed the Ploom TECH, creates a vapor from a liquid that is passed through granulated tobacco.

Politicians, activists, and regulators may be trying to undermine Philip Morris International's (PM-1.44%) ability to earn a reduced-risk designation for its heated tobacco iQOS device in the U.S ...

Electronic Marlboro sucks Japanese smokers away from Japan Tobacco Marlboro maker Philip Morris International says its e-cigarette has rapidly captured close to 3 percent of Japanese tobacco sales ...