Smoking is widespread in Japan, with 50% of men lighting up along with 15% of women.

The under-smoking-age Japanese folks will have a hard time buying cigarettes on vending machines starting on 8th of March this year, until this point, there weren’t restrictions to buy the smokes but there is a new system being implemented that requires a special I.D. Card for anyone that wants to buy cigs – it’s called the Taspo card.

In other countries there are different security systems, like if the tobacco vending machine is inside a store/cafe, it must be locked at all the times and the owner has a remote control to unlock it. At least that is the case where I live, but most people don’t follow this law/rule.

[via PlasticBamboo]

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