Scientific Updates

      Scientific Update December 2018 Issue 6

      PMI

      Published on
      Dec 11, 2018
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      This issue of the Scientific Update reviews key milestones from this fall, featuring the results of our latest completed clinical trial - the Exposure Response Study on the Tobacco Heating System (THS).

      Read this issue to learn how this study lends further support to the conclusion that switching completely to THS presents less risk of harm than continuing to smoke.

      This issue also reviews the latest technological updates to two of our product platforms, and highlights some exciting new results on the Carobon Heated Tobacco Product (CHTP), our second heated tobacco product still in development. Following in the footsteps of the previous issue, we've introduced a new section that reviews independent research from around the world on THS and the wider category of products that do not burn tobacco.

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