Seriously, they do smoke up a storm but so do many other countries - few of which are actually producers of anything remotely tobacco like.
Actually, not really. A premium imported brand costs 280yen per pack, a domestic brand costs 250yen per pack (~$2). By Japanese standards, that's cheap.
Can't have revenues drop all of a sudden can we?
Japan Tobacco bought out RJ Reynolds, if I recall correctly, so Japan has a huge market share world wide of tobacco sales.