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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 Dec 12, 2025 TIM Alert
MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Alp announced on its Instagram page that a new flavor (Classic) is available to California customers. The new Classic flavor is available through Alp’s website, which states that this new flavor only ships to California (describing it as “California Exclusive”).
IQOS
IQOS announced on its social media accounts that HEETS inserts will be available to consumers in select Sprint Mart stores in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson is one of three locations where IQOS products are currently sold, in addition to Austin, Texas and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. IQOS is also encouraging consumers to explore their Austin pop-up shops by promoting a free non-alcoholic beverage at 7-Eleven and Circle K from Dec 3 to 16.