Tobacco giant Philip Morris says the brand could disappear from shops in 10 years' time.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has said it could stop selling cigarettes in the UK in 10 years' time.Its comments come two years afterIn a statement, the company also said that "strong regulation" was needed to "help solve the problem of cigarette smoking once and for all"., Philip Morris International's chief executive, Jacek Olczak, told the newspaper: "I want to allow this company to leave smoking behind.
He added: "I think in the UK, 10 years from now maximum, you can completely solve the problem of smoking." However, the company has made similar statements before, says campaigning health charity Action on Smoking and Health . "Philip Morris has claimed that it wants to see the end of smoking for years now, but how can such claims be taken seriously from a company which sells more than one in 10 cigarettes smoked worldwide?," Ash's chief executive Deborah Arnott told the BBC."Smoking is likely to have killed more people than Covid-19 last year in the UK," she added.
"Fine words from Philip Morris are not the solution - funding is needed for government-backed behaviour change campaigns to discourage smoking, and support to help smokers quit."
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