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When I worked in the pharmaceutical industry, I would never have dreamt of joining a tobacco visitor. So, Philip Morris International's (PMI) initial contact confused me. I just couldn't fathom what they would need me for.

It but became clear when I learned virtually the company's smoke-free vision. Enquiry and Evolution (R&D) in the pharmaceutical industry uses innovation and science to aid address pressing health bug. Past the same token, PMI was using exactly the same model to develop alternatives that are a ameliorate choice for adult smokers than continuing to fume. Their harm reduction approach—reducing as much as possible the negative furnishings of an activity that people are likely to continue doing—resonated strongly with me as it focuses on positive change without sentence, duress or discrimination against developed smokers.

This convinced me that ultimately nosotros were all in the same business of trying to better people's lives all around the globe.

Moira Gilchrist - What motivates you to work for PMI

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Joining a tobacco company leading a transformation

When I joined, PMI was at the beginning of its transformative journeying, and information technology was the best career decision I've e'er made. I was captivated by the company'southward desire to transform—the energy and delivery was articulate to see then, simply equally it is now.

Joining was likewise personal for me because I was a smoker. I had tried to give up many times. Sometimes I succeeded for a menstruum of fourth dimension, just I actually enjoyed smoking and somehow e'er ended up back there. So, I idea to myself: "If the visitor is successful, this could be a solution for me and the hundreds of millions of other people like me around the world."

Beingness a function of this success, and a part of a company that produces products supported past loftier-quality scientific prove—and which could be a game-changer for millions of adults—was an opportunity I couldn't pass up.

I accept there is distrust almost what nosotros're doing at PMI. But perchance the most beautiful thing about science is that eventually, it becomes impossible to ignore. In our case, the science shows that PMI'due south smoke-complimentary products are—while not risk-free—a much better pick than cigarettes for men and women who would otherwise go along to smoke.

Leveraging expertise that takes united states across nicotine

What's merely as exciting for me as a scientist is that PMI's scientific expertise, built over many years, can at present be used to get across nicotine and tobacco and explore much wider awarding areas. Nosotros've started a journey to develop a range of unique and complementary product platforms, that tin can accept the company to a very unlike future.

When I joined PMI over 15 years ago I would never have dreamed we would exist where nosotros are now. Merely thanks to our embrace of science, facts and an accented adherence to doing things the correct way, these aren't just dreams, but reality.

This is an exciting fourth dimension for PMI. We believe that with the right regulatory encouragement and back up from civil society, cigarette sales can end in many countries in 10-15 years. That would be quite an achievement for everyone involved, and most importantly, for the world's one billion smokers. I hope to still be at PMI to run across that twenty-four hours arrive.

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