Japan has long been known for its attention to detail in everything from technology to culinary arts, and gum is no exception
Norman Swan : I think that one of the issues that we heard from people when we did the research on this story is that they painted themselves into too conservative a corner and probably too conservative for the medical profession in New Zealand and therefore lost a bit of relevance
"We believe that smoke-free alternatives, including heated tobacco products like IQOS and e-cigarettes, have significant potential to be less harmful than cigarettes and can play an important role for smokers and public health." Simon Clark from the smokers' group Forest said: "Electronic cigarettes are a step too far for many smokers so if the government wants smokers to quit there has to be a range of products that fills the gap between combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes."
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Sandra Ha of Zico Import Pty Ltd, a small family business, said demand for cigarette cases, silicon covers to mask the unpalatable packages, had shot up from almost nothing two months ago since British American Tobacco, Britain's Imperial Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco lost a challenge to the laws in Australia's high court