We have a vision of replacing cigarettes with better products for adult smokers who don’t quit.

      To achieve this, we need to meet the range of needs and preferences of adult smokers who would otherwise continue to smoke. 

      This is why we are developing a range of smoke-free products, with a variety of ways to provide nicotine for adult smokers and adult nicotine users, without burning tobacco. All products have been developed with continued focus on our key goal of offering less harmful alternatives than continued smoking that adult smokers can find acceptable and fully switch to. 

      All of our inhalable nicotine products avoid burning tobacco or producing smoke, each in its own way. They are designed to deliver a nicotine-containing (or nicotine-free) aerosol with a reduced level of harmful and potentially harmful toxicants compared to cigarette smoke.

      Inhalable nicotine products

      Tobacco Heating System (THS)

      Developed by PMI, this THS electrically heats tobacco via either inductive or resistive heating.

      Learn more about our leading heated tobacco product
      Inhalable nicotine products

      MESH vaping system (MVS)

      Developed by PMI, this e-cigarette’s heating technology improves upon traditional wick and coil designs.

      See the details on MVS
      Inhalable nicotine products

      Nicotine salts product (NSP)

      Developed by PMI, NSP delivers nicotine through a mechanical process in the form of a powder containing nicotine salts.

      Learn more about the Nicotine Salts Product
      Inhalable nicotine products

      Pin-based heating system (PHS)

      Developed by KT&G, PHS electrically heats the tobacco using either inductive or resistive heating.

      Inhalable nicotine products

      Aerosol heating system (AHS)

      Developed by KT&G, AHS combines elements of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products into a single hybrid system.

      PRODUCTS

      Oral pouches

      No one product will address all adult smokers’ or nicotine users’ individual preferences. A range of alternatives is key to helping adult smokers who don’t quit to move away from cigarettes. Instead of producing an aerosol that is inhaled, these products are placed under the lip so that nicotine can be absorbed via the mouth. Our non-inhalable products include oral tobacco products, and oral nicotine products.

      SMOKE-FREE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

      See why smoke-free products could help phase out cigarettes

      To end cigarettes and make an impact on public health, adult smokers who don’t quit need access to better products that work for them. And no two people are the same. This is why we have developed a range of smoke-free products.

      Understand the role of smoke-free products
      PRODUCT SCIENCE

      Follow the research on our smoke-free products

      Rigorous, robust, and transparent science is at the core of the development and assessment of our smoke-free products.

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      Whether you have a question, a comment, or an idea, send us a message. Open dialogue is something we are passionate about, and we would like to know your views.

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      Reduced Risk Products ("RRPs”) is the term we use to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continuing smoking. PMI has a range of RRPs in various stages of development, scientific assessment and commercialization. Our RRPs are smoke-free products that produce an aerosol that contains far lower quantities of harmful and potentially harmful constituents than found in cigarette smoke.