citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message philip morris international inc. type public traded as nyse pm s & p 500 component industry tobacco founded 1900 ; 116 years ago 1900 headquarters new york city new york usa area served worldwide excluding the united states key people louis camilleri chairman andr calantzopoulos ceo products cigarettes cigars fine cut rolling tobacco snuff rolling papers and tubes revenue us 80.106 billion 2014 1 operating income us 11.702 billion 2014 1 net income us 7.658 billion 2014 1 total assets us 35.187 billion 2014 1 total equity us 12.629 billion 2014 number of employees 82 500 2014 1 subsidiaries sampoerna pmftc inc. benson & hedges papastratos philip morris international website www.pmi.com philip morris international inc. pmi nyse pm is an american global cigarette and tobacco company with products sold in over 200 countries and 15.6 % citation needed of the international cigarette market outside the united states . the most recognized and best selling product of the company is marlboro . until a spin off in march 2008 philip morris international was an operating company of altria group . altria explained the spin off arguing pmi would have more freedom outside the constraints of us corporate ownership in terms of potential litigation and legislative restrictions to pursue sales growth in emerging markets . while altria focuses on the united states . 2 the shareholders in altria at the time were given shares in pmi which was listed on the london stock exchange and other markets . the company s operational headquarters are in lausanne switzerland although the corporate headquarters remain in new york . it does not operate in the united states with philip morris brands there still owned by pmi s former owner altria . because tobacco the main constituent of cigarettes is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally 3 and is addictive the company s operations and its competitors are highly controversial and are increasingly the subject of litigation and restrictive legislation from governments concerned about the health impacts of its products . philip morris is a long term main sponsor of the scuderia ferrari formula one team . 4 contents 1 history 2 brands 3 board of directors 4 charitable giving 5 r & d 6 controversies and public health disputes 7 sponsorship 7.1 philip morris sports 7.2 philip morris event 8 references 9 external links history edit the company states its history is traced to mr. philip morris s 1847 opening of a single shop on london s bond street which sold tobacco and cigarettes . 5 the current operations center of the company is located in lausanne switzerland 6 it owns 7 of the top 15 tobacco brands in the world . 7 in april 2014 philip morris announced that it would close its moorabbin plant in australia by the end of 2014 after operating for 60 years due to the gradual decline of sales in the last ten years and difficulties conforming to 2010 australian government regulation about reducing fire risks . 8 in 2015 it sold 850 billion cigarettes . 9 brands edit philip morris factory in russia philip morris international has six multi billion us brands including 1 . dji sam soe 234 was launched on 1913 and is a brand of kretek cigarettes . it is the best seller of kretek cigarettes in indonesia . 2 . l & m was launched by liggett & myers on 1953 with tagline american cigarettes of the highest quality with the best filter . l & m variants include full flavor shorts full flavor 100s lights ultra lights menthol shorts menthol 100s menthol light shorts menthol light 100s turkish blend shorts turkish blend 100s and l & m mild kretek . 3 . longbeach include on australia and indonesia on 1999 . longbeach variant include longbeach filter and longbeach mild . 4 . marlboro was launched on 1904 . marlboro is the premium brand . marlboro variants include marlboro special marlboro menthol marlboro lights marlboro lights menthol marlboro mix 9 filter kretek marlboro flavor plus marlboro black menthol and heatsticks a heated tobacco product . 10 5 . st dupont paris is the brand cigarette designed by simon tissot dupont on 1902 . with the black packaging . st dupont paris variants include filter lights menthol and menthol lights . 6 . u mild was launched on indonesia on may 22 1998 after indonesian revolution . u mild is a mild kretek cigarette sold in indonesia . its main brands are dji sam soe 234 l & m longbeach marlboro minak djinggo st dupont paris u mild philip morris red and white basic bond street chesterfield parliament lark merit morven gold muratti skjold good companion multifilter virginia slims benson & hedges with british american tobacco gallaher group and japan tobacco escort with british american tobacco and imperial tobacco john player & sons with british american tobacco and imperial tobacco and peter stuyvesant with british american tobacco and imperial tobacco . local brands include rym gauloises with imperial tobacco dji sam soe 234 l & m longbeach marlboro minak djinggo st dupont paris u mild nassim and winston with japan tobacco algeria philip morris and marlboro argentina marlboro and l & m belgium marlboro l & m shelton dallas muratti luxor sampoerna a chancellor and fortuna brazil marlboro parliament muratti assos l & m eve and virginia slims bulgaria benson & hedges with british american tobacco gallaher group and japan tobacco belmont craven a rothmans international with british american tobacco canadian classics number 7 accord and mark ten canada marlboro china boston caribe green derby marlboro pielroja and american gold colombia derby marlboro and next costa rica marlboro l & m and skjold denmark nacional marlboro next and lider dominican republic marlboro l der lark and philip morris ecuador l & m marlboro next and merit egypt l & m next and marlboro estonia marlboro and st dupont paris france marlboro finland marlboro l & m and f6 germany marlboro wismilak diplomat with japan tobacco rubios and lider guatemala marlboro virginia slims multifilter and bond street hungary dji sam soe 234 l & m longbeach marlboro st dupont paris sampoerna a and u mild bold font meaning philip morris international s main brands indonesia marlboro merit philip morris chesterfield virginia slims and diana italy marlboro lark parliament philip morris and virginia slims japan marlboro parliament l & m bond street astra prima polet medeo kazakhstanskye and souz apollon kazakhstan marlboro parliament chesterfield l & m bond street and red & white latvia marlboro bond street merit chesterfield virginia slims and parliament lebanon marlboro l & m chesterfield parliament bond street red & white and partner lithuania dji sam soe 234 l & m longbeach marlboro st dupont paris and u mild philip morris international s main brands malaysia marlboro delicados benson & hedges with british american tobacco gallaher group and japan tobacco faros elegantes and chesterfield mexico fortuna gauloises with imperial tobacco marlboro and marquises morocco chesterfield l & m and marlboro netherlands philip morris red . the sampoerna products include sampoerna a kretek teman yang asyik english passionate friends sampoerna a kretek yang spesial english most special sampoerna hijau go ahead a mild avolution a flava click mint sampoerna a king size sampoerna a international sampoerna a medium sampoerna a exclusive sampoerna a king sampoerna a menthol sampoerna a slims sampoerna x tra sampoerna classics and sampoerna special edition millennium 2000 . the bentoel group products on 1980 2005 include bentoel biru bentoel sejati bentoel merah bentoel mild star mild x mild rawit pr1nsip and country . pmftc inc. s products include champion fortune and hope . benson & hedges dji sam soe 234 l & m longbeach marlboro st dupont paris basic bond street lark merit board of directors edit information from company website . 11 harold brown andr calantzopoulos louis c. camilleri chairman mathis cabiallavetta werner geissler jennifer li jun makihara sergio marchionne kalpana morparia lucio a. noto frederik paulsen jr robert b. polet stephen m. wolf charitable giving edit the company gives 25 million per year approximately 0.29 % of 2013 net income to charitable causes worldwide including domestic violence emergency housing education combating extreme poverty teaching sustainable agriculture techniques in africa and others . 12 r & d edit pmi has a research and development program and declares its priority to be developing products with the potential to reduce the risks of smoking related diseases . it says the focus of the program is reducing the levels of toxic chemical compounds . 13 there is so far no independent research which confirms the production of a reduced risk product . controversies and public health disputes edit in 2010 the company lobbied against uruguay s strong anti smoking laws 14 and filed a complaint against the country philip morris v. uruguay under the switzerland uruguay bilateral investment treaty . 15 on july 8 2016 the international centre for settlement of investment disputes ruled in favour of uruguay . 16 the australian government announced it would introduce tobacco plain packaging laws on april 29 2010 . philip morris international pmi arranged for its wholly owned hong kong subsidiary philip morris asia pma to takeover two australian subsidiaries philip morris australia limited and philip morris limited on february 23 2011 . in june 2011 philip morris international announced it was using isds provisions in the australia hong kong bilateral investment treaty bit to demand compensation for australia s plain cigarette packaging anti smoking legislation . 17 it was one of several tobacco companies to launch legal action against the australian government . 18 british american tobacco philip morris imperial tobacco and japan tobacco international are taking the australian government to the high court of australia to try to stop the elected government of australia from introducing plain packaging for tobacco products . the government is doing this to lower the rate of deaths related to smoking . two challenges to the tobacco plain packaging legislation were heard by the high court of australia between 17 19 april 2012 british american tobacco australasia limited and ors v. commonwealth of australia and j t international sa v. commonwealth of australia . on 15 august 2012 the high court handed down orders for these matters and found that the tobacco plain packaging act 2011 is not contrary to s 51 xxxi of the constitution . on 5 october 2012 the court handed down its reasons for the decision . by a 6 1 majority heydon j in dissent the court held that there had been no acquisition of property that would have required provision of just terms under s51 xxxi of the constitution . 19 on 18 december 2015 the tribunal instituted by the united nations commission on international trader law uncitral issued a unanimous decision 3 0 agreeing with australia s position that the tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear pma s claim . this was due to the fact that pmi used its wholly owned subsidiary pma to takeover the australian based pm subsidiaries in order to specifically sue the australian government for bringing in plain packaging laws . pmi was unable to do this itself as the australia united states fta agreement signed in 2004 did not have any isds clauses included by design . 19 the wto s dispute settlement body will issues its findings in late 2016 . philip morris also sued norway over the country s ban on displaying tobacco products in stores . it lost the case in 2012 . 20 in august 2014 the company foreshadowed legal action against the uk government if it went ahead with plans to introduce plain packaging . in a submission to the government philip morris international said it would seek compensation running into billions of