Philip Morris looking towards cigarette phase-out

Philip Morris looking towards cigarette phase-out London (AFP) Nov 30, 2016 - Tobacco giant Philip Morris is aiming to stop selling conventional cigarettes and replace them with a less harmful product, its chief executive said Wednesday. As the firm launched its smokeless iQOS cigarette in Britain, Andre Calantzopoulos told BBC radio that the company would try to move smokers over to the new product. The iQOS heats tobacco rather than burns it and it is claimed th ... more

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