Sakura (cigarette)

A pack of Japanese Sakura cigarettes with a health warning displayed
Product typeCigarette
OwnerJapan Tobacco
Produced byJapan Tobacco
CountryJapan
IntroducedFebruary 1, 2005; 19 years ago (February 1, 2005)
Discontinued2011
MarketsJapan, Russia[1][2][3]
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1

Sakura was a Japanese brand of cigarettes that was owned and manufactured by Japan Tobacco.

History

The cigarette was launched on February 1, 2005, with limited sales beginning in the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.[4] The new Sakura cigarette was designed with lower tar values and the introduction of D-spec. However, the pack design and basic elements remained unchanged.[5]

The old cherry blossom variant was discontinued after January 2006.

After that, a "D-spec" (low smoke smell) version of Sakura was sold in the Kanagawa Prefecture only on October 2, 2006 (5 other JTI brands were simultaneously sold in this limited area).

New cherry blossoms were discontinued as of January, 2011 due to poor sales.[5]

They were of traditional Japanese cigarette sizes: short (70 mm), king size (85 mm) or long (100 mm). They came within a soft or hard pack, 10 or 20 cigarettes per pack.

Products

  • Sakura Cherry Blossoms (old)
  • Sakura Cherry Blossoms (new)

Below are all the variants of Pianissimo cigarettes, with the levels of tar and nicotine included.

Name Release date Date of discontinuance Price in ¥ Tar Nicotine Description
Sakura Cherry Blossoms (old) February 1, 2005 January 2006 300 Yen 10 mg 0,8 mg Non charcoal filter
Sakura Cherry Blossoms (new) October 2, 2006 January 2011 470 Yen 7 mg 0,6 mg D-spec product

See also

References

  1. ^ "BrandSakura - Cigarettes Pedia". Cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Sakura". Zigsam.at. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Brands". Cigarety.by. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Sakura - Cigarettes Pedia". Cigarettespedia.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b "【たばこレビュー】 さくら を吸ってみた". Noyico.net. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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