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Why Kenya needs to proactively engage tobacco harm reduction

The United States Food and Drug Administration on July 7 authorised the marketing of IQOS Tobacco Heating System as a modified risk tobacco product.

Developed by Phillip Morris International, IQOS works by heating tobacco to produce an aerosol, which is markedly different from ordinary cigarettes and other tobacco products because it works by heating, rather than burning, tobacco.

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