Philip Morris Internationals new goal: ultimately replace combustible products to the benefit of adult smokers, society, and our company. Yet over the next eight years, Philip Morris International introduced at least 30 new flavor capsule cigarette brands into Latin American markets, including watermelon-flavored Marlboro Summer Zest and cherry- and menthol-flavored Marlboro Blossom Fusion, a review of government records, scientific research and other reporting by The Examination found
We will write more as the line increases (this story will wind up in the Special Review Section eventually but we wanted to introduce it here and NOW)
Halfway around the world, reporters found another node for smuggling Chinese cigarettes in a free trade zone at the mouth of the Panama Canal, which Colombian crime expert Daniel Rico called the Disneyland of smuggling. Tracing the origin of contraband cigarettes found in Colombia and the U.S., journalists found a trail of shell companies leading all the way back to CNTC
In recent years, sales of conventional cigarettes have decreased, so manufacturers are trying to introduce a variety of flavors to attract smokers who are bored with traditional tobacco flavors