![]() An old Japanese pack of Golden Bat cigarettes | |
Product type | Cigarette |
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Owner | Japan Tobacco |
Produced by | Japan Tobacco |
Country | Empire of Japan |
Introduced | 1906 |
Markets | Empire of Japan, Japan[1][2][3] |
Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1 |
Golden Bat (Japanese: ゴールデンバット, romanized: Gōruden batto), or Kinshi as it was known from 1940 to May 1949, is a Japanese filterless brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Japan Tobacco. The discontinuation of the brand was announced by Japan Tobacco in 2019.