PMI to Remain Key Sourcing Base in India, Expanding Global Portfolio

Imagine a big company called Philip Morris International (PMI) that makes products like cigarettes but is also trying to make less harmful products.

PMI gets a type of tobacco leaf called Burley from India.

They are working with farmers in India, helping them to grow tobacco in a good way, which means taking care of the soil and water.

PMI wants to keep buying tobacco from India for a long time.

They have smoke-free products that heat tobacco instead of burning it, but these are not sold in India because of local rules.

PMI hopes that India might allow them to sell these products someday to give adult smokers better choices.