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In a move that appears to coincide with Philip Morris International’s previously stated commitment to work with governments to phase-out conventional cigarettes, the company has retooled one of its cigarette factories to begin manufacturing HEETS instead of cigarettes. HEETS are the tobacco sticks used to refill PMI’s heat-not-burn device, the iQOS. For reference, iQOS operates …
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Data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a public health charity headquartered in Washington, D.C., shows slowed e-cigarette growth in the U.K. and two of the biggest players in the industry recently weighed in with explanations that may explain why the growth has slowed. According to British American Tobacco (BAT), which owns the popular …
In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has taken tobacco company Philip Morris to court over the sale of its IQOS, a heat-not-burn device designed to heat sticks of tobacco to the point at which an aerosol or “vapor” is produced. According to the Ministry of Health, the sale of Philip Morris International’s HEETS tobacco …
The limited edition Metallic Blue IQOS, a heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco device made by Philip Morris, is now available in South Korea. The release of the Metallic Blue IQOS, which currently retails for 120,000 won ($110), in South Korea comes on the heels of the limited edition Ruby IQOS’s release in the country, which hit shelves …
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Philip Morris International, the big tobacco company behind such cigarette brands as Marlboro and Virginia Slims, plans to stop selling cigarettes in the United Kingdom by the year 2030. The company revealed its plans to cease cigarette sales in the U.K. during an interview with the Daily Star, an interview in which the company’s director …
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