Sakura (cigarette)

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

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

History

Sakura was launched on February 1, 2005. Limited sales began in the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.[4]

The concept is a real cigarette that inspired cherry and sublimed Japanese elements. Old cherry blossom was involved in the development of president Katsuhiko Honda, then president.[5] New Sakura made a more contemporary product such as lowering tar value compared to the old Sakura and introducing D-spec, but the pack design and basic elements had not been changed.[6]

Old cherry blossom variant has been 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.[6]

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

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.

NameRelease dateDate of discontinuancePrice in ¥TarNicotineDescription
Sakura Cherry Blossoms (old)February 1, 2005January 2006300 Yen10 mg0,8 mgNon charcoal filter
Sakura Cherry Blossoms (new)October 2, 2006January 2011470 Yen7 mg0,6 mgD-spec product
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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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2018-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "【たばこレビュー】 さくら を吸ってみた". Noyico.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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