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Philip Morris International - Communication to the World Health Organization (WHO), July 2018
Government agency assessments of heated tobacco products
In May 2018, the German Federal Risk Assessment Institute (BfR) published the results of their assessment of heated tobacco products: Mallock et al.,
Levels of selected analytes in the emissions of “heat not burn” tobacco products that are relevant to assess human health risks
, Archives of Toxicology, May 2018.
In May 2018, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), published a
factsheet on heated tobacco products
.
In January 2018, the United Kingdom’s Public Health England agency (PHE) released a report entitled
“Evidence review of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products 2018.”
In December 2017, the United Kingdom’s Committee on Toxicity (COT) released its
Toxicological evaluation of heat-not-burn products
.
Peer-reviewed independent scientific research on heated tobacco products
Farsalinos, K. E. et al.,
“Nicotine Delivery to the Aerosol of a Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product: Comparison With a Tobacco Cigarette and E-Cigarettes”
. Nicotine Tob. Res., July 2018.
Farsalinos, K. E. et al.,
“Carbonyl emissions from a novel heated tobacco product (IQOS): comparison with an e‐cigarette and a tobacco cigarette”
, Addiction, June 2018.
Pacitto, A. et al.,
“Characterization of airborne particles emitted by an electrically heated tobacco smoking system”
, Environmental Pollution, 2018.
Davis, B. et al.,
“iQOS: evidence of pyrolysis and release of a toxicant from plastic”
, Tobacco Control, March 2018.
Li, X. et al.,
“Chemical Analysis and Simulated Pyrolysis of Tobacco Heating System 2.2 Compared to Conventional Cigarettes”
, Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal, Jan 2018.
Miyazaki, Y. et al.,
“Educational gradients in the use of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products in Japan”
, Plos One, Jan 2018.
Liu, X. et al.,
“Heat-not-burn tobacco products: concerns from the Italian experience”
, Tobacco Control, Jan 2018.
Tabuchi, T. et al.,
“Heat-not-burn tobacco product use in Japan: its prevalence, predictors and perceived symptoms from exposure to secondhand heat-not-burn tobacco aerosol”
, Tobacco Control, Dec 2017.
Kazan Federal University study.
Results published in a submission to the US Food & Drug Administration following a request for public comment on PMI’s application for Modified Risk Tobacco Product for IQOS
, Dec 2017.
Caputi, T. et al.,
“They’re heating up: Internet search query trends reveal significant public interest in heat-not-burn tobacco products”
, Plos One, Oct 2017.
Prodanchuk, M.G. et al.,
“Potential risk assessment of the electrically heated tobacco system (EHTS) use”
, Modern Problems of Toxicology Food and Chemical Safety, Oct 2017.
Bekki, K. et al.,
“Comparison of Chemicals in Mainstream Smoke in Heat-not-burn Tobacco and Combustion Cigarettes”
, Journal of UOEH, Sept 2017.
Stephens, W.,
“Comparing the cancer potencies of emissions from vapourised nicotine products including e-cigarettes with those of tobacco smoke”
, Tobacco Control, Aug 2017.
Protano, C., et al.,
“Second-hand smoke generated by combustion and electronic smoking devices used in real scenarios: Ultrafine particle pollution and age-related dose assessment”
, Environment International, July 2017.
Auer, R. et al.,
“Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Cigarettes: Smoke by Any Other Name”
, JAMA, July 2017.
Ruprecht, A.A., et al.,
“Environmental pollution and emission factors of electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, and conventional cigarettes”
, Aerosol Science and Technology, March 2017.
Kamada, T. et al.
“Acute eosinophilic pneumonia following heat-not-burn cigarette smoking”,
Respirology Case Reports, 2016.
Tabuchi, T., et al.,
“Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products in Japan”
, Addiction, Nov 2015.
Scientific research conducted by PMI
The executive summary of
PMI’s Modified Risk Tobacco Product application to the United States Food and Drug Administration
FDA Briefing Document for the Meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC)
January 24-25, 2018
PMI’s presentations to the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC)
meeting on January 24-25, 2018
Information on PMI’s commercialization of smoke-free products
PMI presentation at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference
on February 21, 2018
PMI Sustainability Report 2017