Philip Morris International announced that it will bid farewell to its cigarette products in the UK within the next ten years. After the UK recently announced its goal of “no smoke by 2030”, the company has high hopes that the country will become one of the first countries to end smoking as part of its “smoke-free” plan.
This will include the sale of Marlboro cigarettes.Philip Morris International is separated from Philip Morris America, which sells Marlboro in the United States
Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak told Daily mail Sundau believes that, especially in the UK, smoking can be controlled through this program.
“I think in the UK, at most 10 years from now, you can completely solve the smoking problem, and I want this company to leave smoking behind,” he said.
Even if it means letting them disappear completely, he promised in the interview.
“The Marlboro brand will disappear from the UK. “It will disappear. “The first choice for consumers is that they should quit smoking. But if they don’t, the second best option is to turn them to a better option,” Olzac said.
It’s all because the company wants to see its revenue come from more active development, and Britain’s recently announced goals You can also quit smoking.
The brand plans to make smoke-free products more popular by 2025. The UK has a separate plan to be completely smoke-free by 2030.
The British report details how it plans to achieve this goal and how it affects the statistics of its people.
The report stated: “Due to the cost of tobacco, 447,000 households in the UK (about 1,011,000 people) are currently living in poverty; 263,000 children live in poverty due to reduced income due to tobacco, which adversely affects their life opportunities; 143,000 pensioners People fall into poverty because of the cost of tobacco.”
The UK, which has now left the European Union, can set stricter restrictions to achieve this goal. There are plans to allow tobacco companies to profit from only 10% of their sales, while the rest is used for taxation.
The report pointed out that some disadvantaged countries in the UK may not achieve this goal until later in 2045, and Scotland plans to achieve this goal by 2034. The dates for Wales and Ireland are still being planned.
Tobacco supplier Philip Morris hopes that the British government will ban cigarettes by 2030, thus effectively stifling its Marlboro brand.
Ironically, PM intends to transform into “healthcare and healthcare.” Health Company”
According to the World Health Organization, smoking, including second-hand smoke, causes 8 millimeters of deaths each year.
Then why wait?— Mark C. Crowley (@MarkCCrowley) July 26, 2021
