Cigarette price hike starts tomorrow!
A warning to all smokers in Japan. Starting tomorrow, you are going to be paying more for your habit:
The retail prices of cigarettes will be raised in July due to a tax hike. The prices of most cigarettes will be raised by 20 yen per package. However, those of popular brands such as Mild Seven will be increased by 30 yen to help finance the installation of vending machines that can distinguish children from adults and to pay to establish smoking areas in public places.
Damnit! Enforcing the legal smoking age! What is this country coming to? Sure, it is only 30 yen now, but will it ever stop? The government is trying to take away the god-given right to smoke!
