# Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade

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**Created:** [July 25, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274 "2021-07-25T20:48:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274/1 "2021-07-25T20:48:49Z")

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> **[Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/25/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade)**
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> CEO Jacek Olczak says product should be treated like petrol cars, which will be outlawed from 2030

But I thought the tobacco firms told us there was nothing harmful about cigarettes?

This is the most surprising thing I have heard any business CEO say.

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**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274/2 "2021-07-25T21:04:47Z")

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It’s desperately cynical.

Philip Morris has been leading a desperate charge trying to rebrand their company and obfuscate their true goals. They’re the origins of “Mission Winnow” which, when you cut through the fluff, seems to be pushing e-cigs as a replacement for smoking.

How can we stop people from smoking by 2030? Well, perhaps these e-cigs might help? But only these specific ones, don’t look behind the curtain.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tobacco-firm-philip-morris-calls-for-ban-on-cigarettes-within-decade/947274/3 "2021-07-26T21:01:21Z")

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Philip Morris thinks there’s a big market in “reduced-risk products”, including e-cigs and so-called heated tobacco products.

> **[E-cigarettes: Philip Morris International - TobaccoTactics](https://tobaccotactics.org/wiki/e-cigarettes-philip-morris-international/)**
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> Philip Morris International (PMI) was the last of the transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) to enter the market for e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS). In November 2013, the company announced that it was...

They’re betting that while conventional cigarettes are on the way out, the company can continue to garner large profits by creating and maintaining new generations of nicotine addicts.