British American Tobacco Boosts Countries Selling Smokeless Products
20 March 2019 - 2:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Dieter Holger
British American Tobacco PLC (BATS.LN) has increased the markets
its smokeless products are sold in as it transitions away from
cigarettes, the company said Tuesday.
Some 29 markets world-wide now offer smokeless merchandise that
the company bills as "potentially reduced-risk products," up from
18 in 2017. These products are "closely aligned" with the United
Nations sustainable development goal of "good health and
well-being," BAT said.
The merchandise includes electronic cigarettes for inhaling
nicotine-laced vapor, tobacco heating products and oral products
such as snus, which is powder tobacco placed in the upper lip that
is popular in Sweden, the company said.
BAT said these products are less harmful than cigarettes.
"No tobacco or nicotine product is 100% safe," BAT said.
"However, it is widely accepted that most of the harm associated
with smoking is caused by inhaling the smoke produced by burning
tobacco and not by nicotine."
BAT said its research and development is now mostly focused on
providing new technologies for less-harmful nicotine products.
The company also said the number of published peer-reviewed
articles and manuscripts researching the health risks of PRRPs
compared to cigarettes went up to 64 in 2018 from 46 in 2017.
"While more third-party research--from regulators, academia and
tobacco control campaigners--is undoubtedly needed, we are
encouraged by the amount of independent evidence pointing to the
potential of PRRPs to significantly reduce harm," BAT said.
Write to Dieter Holger at dieter.holger@dowjones.com;
@dieterholger
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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