06:33 AM EST, 11/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Philip Morris International ( PM ) said late Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a renewal of a risk modification order submitted by the company's Swedish Match USA affiliate for eight General snus smoke-free oral tobacco products.

The company said an approved modified risk tobacco product "significantly" reduces harm and risks of tobacco-related diseases for individual tobacco users.

The modified risk order, which allows Swedish Match to communicate with legal-age consumers via its website, was first granted by the US regulator in October 2019.

Philip Morris ( PM ) said the renewal enables its unit to use of the modified risk claim to reach more legal-age consumers of traditional tobacco products.

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