in order to increase the income after the sino-japanese war , the rule for tobacco tax was reformed , the leaf tobacco monopoly law went into effect in january , 1898 , and the monopoly of leaf tobacco was started . 日清戦争後に財政収入を増やすために、煙草税則が改められ、明治31年（1898年）1月葉煙草専売法が実施され、葉タバコの専売を開始した。
in order to increase the income after the sino-japanese war , the rule for tobacco tax was reformed , the leaf tobacco monopoly law went into effect in january , 1898 , and the monopoly of leaf tobacco was started . 日清戦争後に財政収入を増やすために、煙草税則が改められ、明治31年（1898年）1月葉煙草専売法が実施され、葉タバコの専売を開始した。
after that , in 1904 , the targets of monopolization were widened from storage and manufacture and sales to import and transport of leaf tobacco and products , in order to collect funding for the russo-japanese war . その後、日露戦争の戦費調達のために明治37年（1904年）に収納から製造販売および葉煙草ならびに製品の輸入移入に至るまでことごとく専売の対象を広げた。
