Japan Tobacco Inc. announced preliminary domestic cigarette sales results for the month and year to date ended December 2018. For the month, the company reported sales volume of 6.8 billion of cigarettes against 8.0 billion cigarettes a year ago. Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥43.7 billion against ¥47.7 billion a year ago. For the year to date, the company reported sales volume of 82.0 billion of cigarettes against 92.9 billion cigarettes a year ago. Japanese domestic cigarette revenue was ¥496.7 billion against ¥552.9 billion a year ago.