30% of Smokers used TASPO, Antecedent of 2 Perfectures

For prevent under-age smoker, Taspo was implemented. Taspo is an IC card that allows cigarette vending machines to recognize users are adult or not. Still, smokers applying for Taspo reamained at 8% in June 16th 2008, as reported by Japan Tabacco Association.

Taspo has been introduced, antecedenly in 21 Perfectures on May, and the rest of country on July 2008. On that time, when consumer doesn’t have the Taspo they can not buy cigarettes. The half of cigeratte’s sell is by its vending machines. Consequently, it was assumed to be possilbity of person to stop smoking will gain.

In April 13th, 2,170,674 smokers applied for Taspo, 8% of the country’s smokers of 26,000,0000 people.

The introduction of Taspo is different for perfectures. In Miyazaki and Kagoshima Perfectures were actually introduced to Taspo on May 2008. Yet, the persentage of smokers using Taspo is remaing 30%.