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IQOS ILUMA series was launched with its SMARTCORE INDUCTION SYSTEM™.

IQOS ILUMA^TM is designed to be used only with tobacco sticks specially designed for IQOS ILUMA^TM devices. Do not use IQOS ILUMA^TM and tobacco sticks specially designed for IQOS ILUMA^TM devices sticks with previous IQOS^TM generations, as this may cause damage to your device. This product contains a sharp metal part which can cause serious injury if swallowed. Keep out of reach of children.

This year sees a huge milestone for the IQOS community. Find out more​.

IQOS 3 and IQOS 3 MULTI are now sold in cities in 43 markets around the world. IQOS parent company, Philip Morris International, spends 92% of all R&D and 60% of all commercial expenditure on smoke-free products.

IQOS next generation device, the pioneering 2.4 PLUS, is launched in 21 markets. A year later, it is available to adult customers in 38 markets. In 2017 it wins a GOOD DESIGN® Award from the annual presentations made by the Chicago Athenaeum [Museum of Architecture and Design] and Metropolitan Arts Press.

PMI’s first commercial heat-not-burn device is launched in Japan and Italy. A year later the product is named IQOS and is made available in Portugal, Romania, Russia and Switzerland. ​

PMI expands its R&D facilities focusing on alternatives to cigarettes by opening a new research laboratory in Singapore. Today, over 400 R&D experts are working on IQOS technologies around the world.​

IQOS 3 and IQOS 3 MULTI are now sold in cities in 43 markets around the world. IQOS parent company, Philip Morris International, spends 92% of all R&D and 60% of all commercial expenditure on smoke-free products.

While PMI’s research into heated tobacco alternatives goes back to the early 1990s, 2007 marks a turning point when a heat-not-burn prototype using HeatControl™ technology is developed. The device is a technological step forward but is ergonomically awkward.