Philip Morris International (PMI) is leading the way in transforming the entire tobacco industry toward a smoke-free future. This involves offering valid smoke-free alternatives to millions of adult smokers, both men and women, who would otherwise continue to smoke cigarettes. The World Health Organization estimates that in 2025 there will be over a billion smokers worldwide, around the same number as today.*

*WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking 2000-2025, 2018.
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Scientific method and research

Research and innovation underpin our vision of a smoke-free future. This is why we have invested more than >12.5 billion dollars in research and development (R&D) since 2008. Our R&D activity is carried out according to internationally-recognized protocols, including Good Laboratory Practices and Good Clinical Practices, in order to guarantee quality and transparency throughout. For more information, visit pmiscience.com.
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The Philip Morris team of scientists

For over 15 years, more than 1,586 scientists and engineers (comprising 40 different nationalities and experts in around 30 scientific/engineering areas) have studied the potential value of smoke-free products in our two centers of Research & Development in Singapore and Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Innovative products for smokers

We have focused our efforts in two directions, both aimed at eliminating the combustion of tobacco. The first consists of heating tobacco to generate a nicotine-based vapor, while the second offers a nicotine-based vapor, but without the use of tobacco.

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