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Tobacco Industry Monitoring (TIM) Alert
Tobacco Industry Marketing (TIM) Alerts provide weekly newsletters to subscribers to keep up to date with tobacco industry marketing and emerging tobacco products.
Excerpt from the Jun 18, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARS
Backwoods posted on Instagram about limited edition collaboration cigarillos with The Marathon Clothing, a streetwear company founded by rapper Nipsey Hussle.
ENDS
On Instagram, Geek Bar announced the release of the Meloso Max 2, an updated version of the Meloso Max model. The new model includes a screen display with battery and e-liquid levels, and increased e-liquid capacity (16mL, up from 12mL). The website lists 14 fruity and ice-based flavors. Geek Bar’s website claims that they “have submitted PMTAs to the FDA for our products, including no flavored products aside from tobacco and menthol pods.”