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。