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PMFTC opens first four IQOS outlets in Metro Manila

Manila Standard BusinessbyManila Standard Business
September 4, 2020, 10:20 pm
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PMFTC Inc., an affiliate of Philip Morris International, opened its first four IQOS stores in Metro Manila Friday to provide adult Filipino smokers who would otherwise continue to use cigarettes with smoke-free alternatives.

PMFTC opens four IQOS stores in the Philippines, including one at Estancia Mall in Pasig City that carries Philip Morris International’s line of smoke-free products, devices, heat sticks and a full range of accessories. The other IQOS stores are in Eastwood Mall in Libis, Quezon City; SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City; and SM Southmall in Las Piñas City. Only persons 21 years old and above are allowed access to the stores.

PMFTC President Denis Gorkun said while IQOS was initially made available in the country through several retail outlets as early as April this year, the opening of the four IQOS stores this month marked a significant step toward achieving the company’s vision of a smoke-free future.

“PMFTC’s vision is to help adult smokers who would otherwise continue to smoke to move away from cigarettes as quickly as possible and switch to a better alternative,” Gorkun said.

The company said the IQOS tobacco heating system will provide Filipino adult smokers 21 years old and above better alternatives to combustible cigarettes.

The innovative product includes an electronic device called IQOS that is used to heat tobacco sticks under the HEETS brand. The tobacco-filled sticks wrapped in paper are subjected to a patented heat-control technology that precisely heats without the burning process.

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The IQOS HeatControl technology heats tobacco instead of burning it to deliver the taste of real tobacco.

PMFTC said the first four IQOS stores opened at Eastwood Mall in Libis, Quezon City; SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City; SM Southmall in Las Piñas City; and Estancia Mall in Pasig City. The stores carry PMI’s line of smoke-free products, devices, heat sticks and a full range of accessories.

PMI, the Switzerland-based parent company of PMFTC, has invested more than $7 billion on research, development and production capabilities to create smoke-free products such as IQOS which are now available in several countries.

The United States Food and Drugs Administration on July 7, 2020 authorized the marketing of IQOS and heat sticks in the US with a reduced exposure claim adding that such issuance is appropriate for the promotion of public health.

IQOS is the first heated tobacco product to receive an exposure modification order in the US.

Gorkun said the US FDA decision shows that IQOS is a fundamentally different tobacco product compared to cigarettes and a better choice for adults who would otherwise continue smoking.

“We see smoke-free products as an opportunity to reduce the smoking incidence in the Philippines for the benefit of the public health and society at large,” Gorkun said.

PMFTC said IQOS is specifically aimed at adult smokers. To prevent the youth from having access to IQOS, the company is implementing age verification and access restriction to ensure that only legal age consumers 21 years old and above will have access to the stores, the e-commerce website and the IQOS products.

The IQOS stores adhere to the Good Conversion Practices which is a global standard observed across PMI to ensure that access to the device and heat sticks is only limited to adult consumers 21 years old and above who would otherwise continue to consume tobacco products or other nicotine-containing products.

IQOS stores will specifically require customers to present a valid government-issued ID before any product is handed to them.

PMFTC said it aims to help the 16 million Filipino smokers to have access to less harmful alternatives such as IQOS. This is also expected to reduce smoking incidence globally, as the World Health Organization predicted that the number of smokers would remain above a billion by 2025.

“The best thing a smoker can do is to quit cigarettes and nicotine products entirely. But the hard reality is there will be adults who would continue to smoke. For those who don’t choose to quit, we now have a product that does not burn tobacco,” PMFTC Communications Director Dave Gomez said.

Gomez said public health experts agree that burning or combustion is the main problem that made people sick from smoking. “Nicotine although not risk-free and is addictive, is not the main cause of smoking-related diseases. It’s the smoke,” Gomez said.

About 60 percent of Filipino adult smokers are willing to try smoke-free alternatives as long as they are made commercially available and meet quality production standards, according to a study commissioned by PMFTC.

Gorkun said that unlike cigarettes, IQOS does not burn tobacco and therefore produces no smoke and no ash. It produces aerosol that dissipates more quickly than cigarette smoke. “As IQOS produces less lingering smell than cigarettes, it is less likely to bother people around you,” he said.

HEETS were initially made available to legal age users 21 years old and above on April 24, 2020 through select tobacconists/retail stores such as FUMA, Lighters Galore, Green Puff and DJ Shop in Metro Manila.

The heat sticks were also made available in select 7/11 branches in Metro Manila on August 7, 2020. The IQOS.COM website was launched where the IQOS devices, as well as the heat sticks and device accessories, were offered on June 5, 2020.

Tags: Dave GomezDenis GorkunIQOS HeatControlPhilip Morris InternationalUnited States Food and Drugs Administration
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