{
  "id": 103731,
  "title": "Kick the Habit? Money and Health the Main Reasons for Quitting Cigarettes in Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/kick-the-habit-money-and-health-the-main-reasons-for-quitting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T21:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02845/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cigarette prices are rising in Japan, with the introduction of new taxes to fund boosts to defense spending. A recent survey aimed to find out what it would take to get smokers to quit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}