What is IQOS HEATCONTROL TECHNOLOGYTM ? And What is a Heated Tobacco Product?

11/21/2025

What is heated tobacco?

A heated tobacco product (HTP) is a device that warms tobacco to release a nicotine-containing aerosol without burning it. Unlike traditional cigarettes, which combust tobacco and produce smoke, HTPs operate at lower temperatures, offering an alternative to conventional smoking. 

What is HEATCONTROL TECHNOLOGYTM?

IQOS uses patented HEATCONTROL TECHNOLOGY™, a system designed to precisely regulate the temperature of the heating blade that is in every IQOS ORIGINALS device. This temperature is not enough for the tobacco to ignite, and is just enough for an aerosol to evaporate from the tobacco.

So why choose IQOS over cigarettes?

The IQOS system heats tobacco but does not burn it. This significantly reduces the production of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals. Scientific studies have shown that switching completely from conventional cigarettes to the IQOS system significantly reduces your body’s exposure to harmful and potentially harmful chemicals.

IQOS is the first and only tobacco heating system authorized by the US FDA as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product.*

*This does not mean that IQOS is risk-free or that the FDA has approved or endorsed IQOS.