Japan Tobacco Inc said on Wednesday it is recalling some of the Mild Seven brand cigarettes sold in stores in Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures because of faulty filters, reports Reuters.

Japan Tobacco said 14,500 cigarettes will be recalled, including 2,500 faulty ones, which were shipped to 225 stores in Tokyo and three other prefectures on 13 December. The faulty filters of the cigarettes were not glued on properly and are likely to come off, the company said.
Japan Tobacco plans to finish the recall by the end of Wednesday, said company spokeswoman Shoko Hamamoto.(pi)