This admission of health issues caused by cigarette smoking is published on the Philip Morris USA website here: http://www.philipmorrisusa.com/en/health_issues/cigarette_smoking_and_disease.asp
Smoking & Health Issues
Cigarette Smoking and Disease
There is no safe cigarette.
Philip Morris USA (PM USA) agrees with the overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and other serious diseases in smokers. Smokers are far more likely to develop such serious diseases than non-smokers.
These have been and continue to be the messages of the U.S. Surgeon General and public health authorities worldwide. Smokers and potential smokers should rely on these messages when deciding whether or not to smoke.