It’s Time for a New Conversation

An editorial published recently in the Lancet makes false accusations about PMI’s actions and motivations with respect to the #UnsmokeYourWorld campaign. The editorial describes the campaign as duplicitous or nonsensical, in light of the fact that PMI encourages people to stop smoking, while at the same time collecting much of its revenue from cigarette sales. These and other arguments made in the editorial completely miss the point. 

As a response to this arguments, Marian Salzman, Senior Vice President Global Communications speaks for PMI by providing the facts on the matter. 

United States, Get Ready for IQOS!

Philip Morris CEO André Calantzopoulos talked about IQOS in US on CNBC on 30 July 2019. Below you may find the highlights covered by Calantzopoulos on CNBC's "Squawk Alley".

WHO needs to answer WHY

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report on global tobacco but fails to acknowledge the robust science and innovation behind alternatives to smoking cigarettes.

The report, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies misses a critical scientific point: it is the burning of tobacco that produces the vast majority of the harmful chemicals that cause smoking-related diseases, not tobacco itself. Hundreds of millions of men and women who don’t quit stand to gain the most from less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. In fact, a global survey of 31,000 people in 31 countries found that 88 percent of respondents think smokers should have access to less harmful alternatives to cigarettes.