Altria Group
Q3 2022 Earnings Call
Oct 27, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Altria Group 2022 third quarter and nine months earnings conference call. Today's call is scheduled to last about one hour, including remarks by Altria's management and a Q&A session. [Operator instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Mac Livingston, vice president of investor relations for Altria client services. Please, go ahead, sir.
Mac Livingston -- Vice President of Investor Relations
Thanks, Katie. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. This morning Billy Gifford Altria's CEO; and Sal Mancuso our CFO will discuss Altria's third quarter and first nine months' business results. Earlier today, we issued a press release providing our results.
The release, presentation, quarterly metrics, and our latest corporate responsibility reports are all available at altria.com. During our call today unless otherwise stated, we're comparing results to the same period in 2021. Our remarks contain forward-looking, and cautionary statements, and projections of future results. Please review the forward-looking and cautionary statements section at the end of today's earnings release for various factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projections.
Future dividend payments and share repurchases remain subject to the discretion of Altria's Board. Altria reports its financial results in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles. Today's call will contain various operating results on both a reported and adjusted basis. Adjusted results exclude special items that affect comparisons with reported results.
Descriptions of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations are included in today's earnings release and on our website at altria.com. Finally, all references in today's remarks to tobacco consumers, or consumers within its specific tobacco category, or segment refer to existing adult tobacco consumers 21 years of age or older. With that, I'll turn the call over to Billy.
Billy Gifford -- Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Matt. Good morning and thank you for joining us. This is an exciting moment on our journey toward moving beyond smoking. Tobacco businesses remained resilient during the first nine months of the year, and we continue to reward shareholders while making investments in pursuit of our vision.
We have deepened our consumer understanding, enhanced our capabilities, and built a science to support smokers' transition away from cigarettes. The tobacco harm reduction opportunity remains in front of us, and we continue to believe Altria is uniquely positioned to responsibly lead adult smokers to a smoke-free future. Our remarks this morning will focus on our progress today and some exciting steps we have recently taken, that we believe will accelerate our progress toward harm reduction. I will then turn it over to Sal, who will provide further details on our business and financial results.