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Philip Morris, the big tobacco company behind the IQOS, a new smokeless tobacco product that heats tobacco sticks instead of burning them like a conventional cigarette, may be in an advantageous position when it comes to collecting personal user data on IQOS users, which could allow them to profile user vaping habits. But are they …
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The Government of the United Kingdom has accused one of the world’s leading tobacco companies, Philip Morris, of illegally targeting Brits with a vaping advertisement promoting the company’s IQOS, a heat-not-burn device that heats tobacco sticks to the point at which a “vapor” or aerosol is produced. The IQOS is one of two heat-not-burn (HNB) …
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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 …
Big tobacco company Philip Morris, one of the giants operating in Japan’s heat-not-burn market, is currently in the best position in the Japanese HNB market if newly proposed changes to tobacco taxation are to take effect in the country, this in comparison to its competitors, which includes companies such as Japan Tobacco International and British …
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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Philip Morris, which owns such tobacco brands as Marlboro, wants to market its relatively new (launched in 2014) heat-not-burn device, the IQOS — an alternative to cigarettes that heats tobacco sticks instead of burning them like a cigarette — as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes. While it might be exactly that, a less harmful …
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The IQOS, a heat-not-burn product designed to provide a smoke-free tobacco experience, may end up incorporated into the Ducati livery sported in this upcoming season’s MotoGP. The advertising deal between the two companies–Philip Morris, which makes the IQOS, and Ducati–is expected to be finalized within a matter of weeks, according to sports news publisher Eurosport.com. …
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The iQOS, a heat-not-burn (HNB) device made by Philip Morris, is being hit with a 65 percent tax in Israel, which is on par with the current tax imposed on ordinary cigarettes in the country. Haaretz reports that there are still several steps that legislators must go through before the new excise tax goes into …
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