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Tobacco Industry Monitoring (TIM) Alert
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Excerpt from the Jan 31, 2025 TIM Alert
MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Grizzly nicotine pouches revealed their new NASCAR racecar on Instagram, with a giveaway for a trip to Daytona. Winners will be chosen from the Instagram post comments.
Grizzly has also created a brand website for their nicotine pouches, separate from the website for their smokeless tobacco products. The new pouch site announced a new line of synthetic nicotine pouches that will replace those currently on the market. A previous Alert in December covered the brand’s release of Original, an artificial tobacco flavor style; new flavors are set to release in April 2025, like “Southern,” offering “something a little sweeter.”