Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco (CRST) will perform surveillance of tobacco product marketing, the tobacco product marketplace, and tobacco use behaviors, transforming tobacco surveillance to be rapid, comprehensive, and coordinated, with salient findings fed immediately into traditional data collection systems. By identifying and evaluating signals in a timely fashion, the CRST will generate critical actionable information about changes in tobacco products which can inform FDA’s regulation of tobacco products leading to a substantial public health impact.
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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 Jul 18, 2025 TIM Alert
CIGARS
On the brand's Instagram, Backwoods promoted a new exclusive 7-Eleven flavor, Bourbon Dark Leaf Reserve, for 7-Eleven Day.
SMOKELESS TOBACCO
America’s Best Chew (Pinkerton Tobacco Co. LP) sent a direct-email ad promoting a free trial of their sugar-free Silver Blend flavor. Consumers may redeem a coupons for this free trial once every six months. These coupons are available on the brand’s website, which is accessible to consumers who have registered for an account and provided their name, address, date of birth, and tobacco use status.