Water pipe tobacco smoking is especially popular in the Middle-East and North Africa, ... Japan Tobacco has been very successful in growing volume in its international division.

TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco 2914.T said on Friday it will buy Egypt's Al Nakhla Tobacco Company, a maker of waterpipe tobacco, for an undisclosed sum.. Nakhla exports waterpipe tobacco to ...

Japan has long been a friendly place for smokers. Despite tens of billions of dollars in cigarette-related health costs and damages, anti-smoking initiatives have always had trouble gaining traction.

Japan Tobacco Inc. said Friday that it has signed an accord to buy an entire stake in two Egyptian water pipe tobacco firms, Al Nakhla Tobacco Co. and Al Nakhla Tobacco Co. Free Zone S.A.E ...

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Toying with the tobacco pipe in her left hand, a woman gazes pensively upward and exhales deeply. The use of pale flesh tones rather than white for the skin of the face, ... Japanese Arts in the Edo ...

In contrast, vapour-producing products that use tobacco leaves, such as iQOS and Ploom Tech, are viewed as pipe tobacco, while non-nicotine e-cigarettes aren't regulated in Japan and are available ...

The deal will boost Japan Tobacco’s US market share to about 8% from 2.3% and give it ownership of two of the top 10 US cigarette brands, according to Eddy Pirard, chief executive officer of JT ...

Japanese Tobacco is, however, the first company to emerge as a frontrunner for the huge sell-off. The public auction for the state owned tobacco company Tekel will, according to reports, close on ...

The new products are currently taxed by weight, like pipe tobacco, while the levy on cigarettes is per stick. ... Japan Tobacco shares have slumped 3.8 per cent this year, ...

The Japanese government is selling up to 16.67 per cent in . Japan Tobacco, raising an estimated Y967bn ($10.3bn), in one of the largest privatisations globally in recent years.