JT turns to drink before core business goes up in smoke
By David Robertson | 12 January 2001
With cigarette sales in decline, Japan Tobacco launched Roots, a canned coffee, last year to capture the caffeine-addicts. David Robertson reports
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With cigarette sales in decline, Japan Tobacco launched Roots, a canned coffee, last year to capture the caffeine-addicts. David Robertson reports
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