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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 Feb 13, 2026 TIM Alert

CIGARS

Game has recently teased an upcoming cigar on their website. “Emerald Sweets” is described as “balancing the sweet and the satisfying,” and the website says that the cigar is wrapped in a green leaf. There isn’t an official release date mentioned on the teaser, but the cigar will be available for a limited time.

MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS

ALP nicotine pouches recently sponsored country musician Gavin Adcock, who posted on Instagram to promote the brand. Gavin has 816k followers on Instagram.