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...Instead it was a “few individuals who believed in the whole thing”, particularly André Calantzopoulos, PMI’s former chief executive, who now serves as chair....
...Whatever the company does, its executive chair André Calantzopoulos said, people “try to find the negative rather than the positive”. He has spoken of an “obsessive focus” on Big Tobacco....
...“I don’t believe philosophically that exclusion has ever resolved any problem,” André Calantzopoulos, Olczak’s predecessor, told the FT last year: “Engagement is the only way to change human behaviour.”...
...Chief executive Andre Calantzopoulos will become the group’s executive chairman in May, replaced by operations boss Jacek Olczak as CEO, the company said on Thursday....
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive, stressed that there was a paucity of scientific data on the long-term impact of cannabis....
...Moral Money has written before about PMI’s CEO, André Calantzopoulos, and his unlikely effort to turn a company whose products have what he calls a “mortality” problem into a sustainability leader by persuading...
...“We aim for products that are the most worthy of adult smokers’ efforts to switch out of cigarettes and never go back,” declared Andre Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris, in May....
...André Calantzopoulos, PMI’s chief executive, said the two companies had decided to focus on the US launch of Iqos, PMI’s heated tobacco product, which, the companies noted, had been authorised by the US...
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris International, told the Financial Times earlier this year that the cannabis market was still too risky to invest in....
...PMI’s chief executive André Calantzopoulos in particular has been wooing investors concerned about sustainability with his vision of a smoke-free future even as he plots a $200bn merger with Altria aimed...
...That is the elevator pitch of tobacco boss André Calantzopoulos. He implores governments not to block the advance of smoke-free products....
...Altria, led by Howard Willard, last year took agreed to take a C$2.4bn stake in the Canadian cannabis company Cronos, but PMI chief executive André Calantzopoulos has said he still sees too many risks in...
...André Calantzopoulos, PMI’s chief executive, said the decision was “an important step forward for the approximately 40 million American men and women who smoke”. He said: “Some will quit....
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris, could be spotted stalking the corridors of smart hotels with a new message to impart: the tobacco industry needs support from governments to improve...
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris International, the world’s biggest tobacco company by market capitalisation, said the debate about the devices had parallels with calls for abstinence...
...PMI chief executive André Calantzopoulos has persuaded some influential groups that he is serious about seeking a smoke-free future: this year his company became the first to be accepted into Sustainable...
...“We are not concerned about Juul,” André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris, declared at its annual investor day. He sounded concerned, though....
...“We are implementing the right marketing and product measures to reinvigorate growth in Japan, which is undoubtedly well below our initial expectations this year,” said chief executive André Calantzopoulos...
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of Philip Morris, admitted sales of its heated devices in Japan grew “less-rapidly than initially projected”....
...André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of PMI, told the Financial Times: “Our efforts are squarely focused on ultimately replacing cigarettes with smoke-free products, by offering the millions of men and...
...“To date, more than 2.9 million adult consumers have already stopped smoking and switched to IQOS,” said chief executive André Calantzopoulos, referring to the company’s flagship smokeless cigarette that...
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...Indeed, André Calantzopoulos, chief executive of PMI, says he is preparing for the day when his company, the maker of Marlboro which had revenues of $26bn last year, will stop selling traditional cigarettes...
...The rapid expansion of IQOS has led PMI chief executive André Calantzopoulos to talk of a “smokeless future”. But while Mr Durante expects rapid growth, he says such exuberance is premature....
...The company maintained its full-year earnings forecast of $4.53-$4.58 a share, versus $4.42 in 2015, and chief executive André Calantzopoulos said he was “confident” it would meet that goal in spite of the...
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