Heat-not-Burn Products: Scientific Assessment of Risk Reduction1

Presentation

Full Title

Heat-not-Burn Products: Scientific Assessment of Risk Reduction

Authored by M Gilchrist

Presented at TMA 2015 Conference

Abstract

At the 2015 Tobacco Merchants Association (TMA) annual conference, Dr Moira Gilchrist presented Philip Morris International's approach to the Scientific Assessment of Risk Reduction for Heat-not-Burn Products.

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