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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 Mar 27, 2026 TIM Alert
ENDS
Juice Head (a brand of e-cigarettes and synthetic nicotine pouches) is offering a line of disposable vapes (iFlex) containing Metatine (i.e., 6-methyl nicotine, a nicotine analogue). iFlex contains 5% Metatine and is offered in nine flavors (e.g., Cherry Bomb, Miami Mint, Sour Apple). iFlex allows users to adjust the airflow and "ice" level.
MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Alp nicotine pouches announced on Instagram and through direct email that the brand now offers 12mg nicotine strength pouches in the core flavor lineup. This increases their maximum nicotine offering, previously 9mg.