Philip Morris Worldwide Scientific Affairs

Philip Morris Worldwide Scientific Affairs (WSA) department is responsible for managing studies funded by Philip Morris on smoke or smoking, assuring consistency in the company's scientific positions around the world, building a cache of "credible" scientific information about tobacco, contributing to the advancement of PM's Accommodation Program and coordinating scientific consultants, such as those utilized in PM's Latin American ETS Consultants Program and PM's Whitecoat Project.

WSA also managed the Philip Morris External Research Program, which replaced the industry's research front group, the Center for Indoor Air Research, after it was forced to disband under the terms of the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.

Personnel
In September 1999, Bruce D. Davies became Manager of Philip Morris Scientific Affairs. That same year, Dr. Richard P. Solana served as Vice President of PM's WSA department. Cathy Lynn Ellis also served as a senior vice president of WSA.