Japan Tobacco Inc. reported preliminary operating and sales results for the month and year to date ended December 2017. For the month, the company reported sales volume of 8.0 billion of cigarettes against 9.6 billion of cigarettes a year ago.

For the year to date, the company reported sales volume of 92.9 billion of cigarettes against 106.2 billion of cigarettes a year ago.

For December 2017, Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥47.7 billion against ¥57.0 billion a year ago.

For the year to date, Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥552.9 billion against ¥623.8 billion a year ago.