RFID Cigarette Vending Machines

Posted by WirelessWatch Japan on March 31st, 2006 - 10:03 pm

Kyodo News, 31 March 2006
The Tobacco Institute of Japan said Thursday it will start switching cigarette vending machines nationwide to new machines featuring an age-verification system from March 2008 to prevent minors from buying cigarettes. The institute announced that a total of 620,000 tobacco vending machines nationwide will be switched during 2008 to types that can read "tobacco cards" with integrated circuit chips bought by adult smokers.

Not surpised, we've seen the same age verification function on "Sake Pass" machines [.jpg image] for some time already -- Eds.

Original Source: Wireless Watch Japan

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