Japanese Cigarette Machine Asks For Your ID
You have to be 20 to smoke in Japan, but that hasn't stopped those younger than that from buying cigarettes (but not pot or other meds) from machines (which, unlike awesome robots, can't discern age). So now the Tobacco Institute of Japan has started rolling out machines that will only work after a "tobacco passport" age-verification card is swiped. What prevents Japanese schoolgirls from getting somebody else's card is very little, so I wonder how effective these will be. But what do I know? Did you say jack shit? Then you are absolutely correct, knew him in college. Well, his birth name is Jackamo Crapatonian, that was just a clever nickname we came up with.
Japanese Schoolgirl Watch: Tobacco Vending Machines Block Underage Smokers [wired]
Thanks to Melissa, who doesn't need an ID because everyone knows her, for the tip
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