This new product quickly led to the growth of tobacco companies.
Finished products can include a wide range of glasswork, including stained glass and lead light pieces.
Sales would be customer rather than product led in future.
Such products have led the export boom at a time when Japan was trying, with some success, to stimulate domestic demand.
This compromised the products code base and led to speculation about the developer's financial future.
"These products lead to companies making very substantial changes in their governance."
"Primarily, critics claim that when tied to a mortgage, this product can lead to the loss of a home."
The trend has also raised concern among anti-smoking groups, who fear that the products may lead young people to the real thing.
But even these products will not automatically lead to environmentally desirable outcomes.
On the other hand, if a new product is significantly better and leads to higher productivity, it pays to switch or upgrade.