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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 Jun 5, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARETTES
Kool announced new limited edition “Spirit of Jazz” packs in a direct email, now available in stores.
ENDS
Geek Bar announced the new Pulse 2 model on Instagram and their website, available in a new “Hubba Edition” with fruity bubblegum inspired flavors. Foger also announced new flavors for their Bit 35k model on Instagram, which includes flavors like “Frozen Kiwi” and “Frozen Tropical Rainbow.” Geek Bar’s website claims that they “have submitted PMTAs to the FDA for our products, including no flavored products aside from tobacco and menthol pods.” Of note, most Geek Bar products sold in the U.S. are for flavored varieties outside the category of tobacco or menthol flavors. Foger claims they have filed PMTAs with FDA."