Philip Morris International (PMI) will release a statement on its third quarter performance to investors later today, the first in a series of reports by major tobacco companies in coming weeks.

PMI results are scheduled for release at 7 a.m. ET in the US (2 p.m. CET).  British American Tobacco will release nine-month results on 23 Oct. Results for Philip Morris USA will be available 24 Oct when parent company Altria releases its third-quarter report. Japan Tobacco plans six-month results on 31 Oct and Imperial Tobacco a preliminary statement for fiscal 2013 on 5 Nov.