Wot, no Marlboros?

[Taro Toporific]

Japan Tobacco to Stop Selling Marlboros, Cut Jobs
Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's No. 3 cigarette maker by sales, will stop selling ...Marlboro brand in Japan in April 2005, ending a three-decade pact. It will also cut 4,000 jobs and shut plants to trim costs.
``We are a global competitor with Philip Morris and both companies thought the licensing agreement was no longer appropriate'' ...

[Big Booger]

So will Philip Morris continue to sell them here? Not that I care, I'm not a smoker, but just curious.

[Taro Toporific]

So will Philip Morris continue to sell them here? Not that I care, I'm not a smoker, but just curious.

I'm not a smoker either, but...

Japan Tobacco to Stop Selling Marlboros, Cut Jobs (Update3)
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aDdd340YxAus&refer=japan

The decision to end the contract in April 2005 was mutual and ``gives us more flexibility to grow Marlboro in Japan,'' David Davies, vice president of corporate affairs for Philip Morris Europe, told Bloomberg News.

Marlboro accounts for almost two-fifths of Philip Morris's 24 percent market share in Japan. Philip Morris has its own marketing and distribution network in Japan, which handles brands including Lark and Parliament.

Smokin' and Drivin'

Speak Cancer

[gomichild]

Oh my god - they're the only ciggies I smoke!!! May as well start trying to kick the habit now...

[Naniwan Kid]

I have noticed they are the most popular American brand here. Odd.

My favorite a few years back was the Speak Lark ads that declared:

LARK: The number ONE brand in America.

I had never heard of Lark before. A Lark smoker asked me about it, and I had to tell him the truth....