Until the end of 2008, most automatic cigarette machines in Japan, will be equipped with special devices that will monitor the age of the buyer tobacco. He assumed that this kind of innovation will reduce the number of teenage smokers.
According to statistics, in 2004 42% of young men and 27% of girls living in the Land of the Rising Sun, tried to smoke cigarettes or use them regularly. The spread of harmful habits among adolescents is related to a large number of cigarettes automatic machines, which are located in Japan at every step.
As expected, a device for monitoring the smokers in the age will help to solve this problem. Next year about 600 thousand cigarettes automatic machine will be presented on this equipment. Before you buy, the smoker will have to verify your age with a special smart card TASPO. This card will contain information on the term, photo and name of the owner. In the process of verification, the data stored on the smart card will be compared with information from the database formed by a group of companies led by NTT Data. Interaction cigarette automatic machines with a central server will be implemented through wireless communication.
As Reuters reports, installation of the device will cost 90 billion yen (about $ 763 million). These costs will be imposed on manufacturers of tobacco and cigarette production company automatic machines.
However, it is unlikely after the installation of these devices, all children would quit smoking. Most likely, teenagers just to get cigarettes in the retail market. In addition, the purchase of tobacco products through cigarette automatic machines, young people will be able to use other S smartcard adults.
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