Preventing underage use of our products

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Let’s talk with Gizelle Baker

Interviewer asks:

Let's look at the way that

these (smoke-free) products are marketed though,

because that is a concerning issue for people.

These products are seen to be glamorized.

In fact, people could say that Philip Morris is just going back to the old days

of traditional tobacco marketing when it comes to these products.

Gizelle Baker, Vice President External Scientific Affairs, Philip Morris International, replies:

Well, I think we should first take a step back

and look at what people's complaints are.

I understand, and there is a concern.

We absolutely do not want people seeing these things in a glamorous way.

And therefore, you need to make sure that you're marketing these things responsibly.

Who gets access to the marketing?

Limiting access to the product itself.

Making sure you have proper age verification

and access prevention type things in place to make sure

that these products make it into the hands of adults who smoke.

And we need to get people away from cigarettes

as fast as possible and as many away from cigarettes as possible.

So, in order to do that,

and when you think about how you're going to do a behavioral change on that scale,

you need to first look at what are the things that people like about smoking.

How can we deliver that, but with lower amounts of harm?

So, smoking is a very social behavior.

We're trying to create a social human experience

for people who are seeking that,

where they get to try the product, become aware of it,

and hopefully make a successful switch away

from cigarettes in an environment that supports them in doing so.

And then you layer on top of that:

Who do we not want to see?

We do not want underage people being part of that experience.

So, you put age gates in place.

You send your invites to adult smokers or adult nicotine users.

We need to support the people who are smoking or would otherwise

continue to smoke to make this change, which we know is difficult.

And to be able to succeed at.

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