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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 Oct 16, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARS
Game recently promoted an upcoming cigar on their website. Called “Partly Cloudy,” the cigar is a limited-edition entry into the company’s Leaf line. White Owl has also promoted an upcoming limited-edition cigar on their website called “Cosmic Dust”. Neither company has mentioned any details on the flavor or release date of their cigars.
MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Chyl has recently advertised new pouch lines in retailer-centric magazines. The ad features 3 different pouch types: dry, wet, and crush. Notably, the crush pouch has a capsule in it, similar to capsule cigarettes from brands like Camel. All of these pouches come in both 6mg and 9 mg strengths. There is no public evidence available to suggest that Chyl has applied for a PMTA.