Pianissimo is a

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ese brand of

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s, currently owned and manufactured by

Japan Tobacco Hepburn: ''Nippon Senbai Kōsha'' , type = 1985-: Public (''kabushiki gaisha'') 1949-1985: Statutory corporation , traded_as = , industry = FoodTobacco , foundation = 1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company)1 June 1949 (as Japan Tobacco ...

Description

Originally it was sold as a light variant of the Salem brand in 1995 which was made by the

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acquired the overseas division of RJR and made the Pianissimo brand independent in June 2004. It was first launched and tested in July 2005 in the Miyagi (宮城) and Yamagata (山形) prefectures, and then introduced nationwide in October 2005 Since May 1, 2005, JT handles stocks (Domestic production). Since then, other variants like Petil and Franc were added and other JT Menthol brands were made into Pianissimo. Like Virginia S made by

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, it is a cigarette specifically aimed at women. The word ''

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'' refers to the

musical dynamics In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail. However, dynamics markings still require interpretation by the performer dependin ...

and volumes of sounds or notes. The word pêche is a French term meaning "

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

," as well as the peach taste that the cigarettes contain. Produced and sold almost exclusively in Japan, the cigarettes are sold as 20 Cigarettes Per Pack, 10 Packs Per Carton, and 200 Cigarettes Per Carton. In December 2011, JTI announced they had changed 7 Pianissimo variants. The same thing happened to 9 variants in mid-2016.

Products

Below are all the variants of Pianissimo cigarettes, with the levels of

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and

nicotine Nicotine is a natural product, naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants (most predominantly in tobacco and ''Duboisia hopwoodii'') and is widely used recreational drug use, recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic. As ...

included.

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