When you look at the potential of such a zero-risk products as electronic cigarettes you need to understand what is the readiness of smokers to switch. That relates to public-health concerns, social pressure, concern for people around you and many… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
The problem Philip Morris had with electronic cigarettes since the beginning of development was the satisfaction of the smoker. Because the taste is dramatically different and, at the initial stages, the nicotine pharmacokinetics were very slow. You could not get… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
The potential of a zero-risk is in every market, because eventually I think people will switch to these products as they become available. There… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
Innovation, in the minds of people, cannot be something extremely cheap. If you are an average person and you hear that something that is… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
A tobacco industry has been a fairly linear and predictable industry. You know what's going to happen every year. You know from time to… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
When you look at the potential of such a zero-risk products as electronic cigarettes you need to understand what is the readiness of smokers… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
It's pretty clear that we will need measures to accelerate the conversion to new products. Governments can either make measures even worse for cigarettes… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
The problem Philip Morris had with electronic cigarettes since the beginning of development was the satisfaction of the smoker. Because the taste is dramatically… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
I think over time the fiscal environment on cigarettes will become different, and the regulatory environment has to differentiate the products. If that is… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
We are focusing Philip Morris organization much more on the new business. We will have very few new traditional product introductions, and as markets… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
Shifting Philip Morris to the new a non-risk products doesn't mean that I will give market share to my competitors free of charge. In… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
