Oct22

Smoker’s id

Flori

Ahh… those days in Japan and me and my hommies would sneak to get a pack of cigarette from the vending machines in front of konbinis. Nah, that didn’t happen and it wasn’t likely to have happened to me either. I wish it did though as it would be one heck of a story to tell folks here.

Vendo

Photo and News from Yahoo!News Japan

Anyway, teeners will be getting withdrawals.

By next July, all of Japan’s 570,000 cigarette vending machines will now require a smart card called “taspo” — a blend of the words tobacco, access and passport — issued only to people who are at least 20, the legal smoking age.– Yahoo!News Japan

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kirby agudelo

22 Oct 2007
9:14 pm
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if i ask a guy with a TASPO to buy me a pack of cigarettes, eh di gann din

 
 
 

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