• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Report Shows Progress On Smoke-free Transformation

by Leadership News
3 years ago
in Feature
Cigarettes
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

There is an appreciable progress in the drive towards tobacco harm reduction using alternative products, a report by the Philip Morris International, has shown.

Advertisement

The report titled ‘Delivering A Smoke-free Future: Facts and Figures’ was released to journalists during a virtual meeting on Misinformation/Disinformation and Tobacco Harm Reduction, on Tuesday.

According to the report, PMI’s Q1 2022 smoke-free net revenues was up over 30% compared to 27.9% for full year 2021.

Advertisement

In the report, PMI said its ambition is for smoke-free products to account for more than 50 percent of total net revenues by 2025 even as it expects IQOS to be in 100 markets in the next five years.  .

The report showed that as of March 2022, PMI’s smoke-free products are available in 71 markets with 30 of these markets being in low and middle-income countries.

“While cigarette sales today remain the largest part of PMI’s business in most countries, this is changing rapidly” the report noted adding that in 2021, smoke-free products represented 29 percent of total net revenues and over 13 percent of total shipment volume, up from 2.7 percent and 0.9 percent respectively in 2016”

RELATED NEWS

How Reliable Are Hardware‑Based Crypto Wallets?

The Estonian-made Wallet That Learned From Loss

Are Period Pants Worth The Hype?

Ways To Spice Up Your Sex Life After 40

Available evidence suggests that smoke-free products such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and modern oral products are increasingly gaining wide acceptability with scientific research confirming that they are less harmful compared to cigarette smoke.

It is established that high levels of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals present in cigarette smoke are the leading cause of smoke-related diseases.

There are no fewer than 6,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and according to public health experts, about 100 of these are linked to smoke related diseases. Experts assert that all smoke-free products are different and should be scientifically validated on their own merits.

PMI said from 2008 to date, it has invested more than $9 billion in the development, scientific substantiation, manufacturing, commercialization, and continuous innovation of smoke-free products out of which $120m was invested in the construction of R&D facility, the Cube, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

“And we believe that with the right regulatory frameworks, dialogue and support from civil society, cigarette sales can end within 10 to 15 years in many countries” PMI stated in the report.

Speaking on News literacy, Disinformation and Misinformation in society, Dr Tendai Mhizha, an author, Public speaker and Lecturer in Strategy- Integra Africa said Africa has been a frequent target of misinformation.

“There has been a lot of disinformation surrounding the topic of nicotine and the alleged negative effects that e-cigarettes have on the body. This has led to policies that disfavour harm reduction products and discussion that completely denies their benefits.

“Many governments across the world are now regulating nicotine harm reduction products in a fashion that is disproportionate to the risks associated with them” she added.

To address the menace of disinformation, Mhizha urged the scientific community to set the standard for producing reputable, evidence-based information that can be communicated to the public.

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

SendShare10177Tweet6361Share

OTHER NEWS UPDATES

How Reliable Are Hardware‑Based Crypto Wallets?
Feature

How Reliable Are Hardware‑Based Crypto Wallets?

11 hours ago
How Reliable Are Hardware‑Based Crypto Wallets?
Feature

The Estonian-made Wallet That Learned From Loss

11 hours ago
Are Period Pants Worth The Hype?
Health

Are Period Pants Worth The Hype?

2 days ago
Advertisement
Leadership join WhatsApp

LATEST UPDATE

IMF Urges Nigeria, Others To Strengthen Governance, Curb Illicit Financial Flows

3 hours ago

We’re Banking On Miracle To Qualify World Cup, Say Super Eagles Coach, Captain

3 hours ago

Tinubu Mourns Renowned Unionist Abiodun Aremu

3 hours ago

‘He Was A True Servant Of God, Humanity’, Tinubu Mourns Renowned Televangelist Uma Ukpai’s Passing

4 hours ago

Qatar Foundation Backs Remi Tinubu’s Plan For Almajiri, Out-of-School Children

4 hours ago
Load More

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.