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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 May 22, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARETTES
22nd Century Group, the company behind VLN low nicotine cigarettes, announced the launch of Pinnacle Pure cigarettes. The cigarettes are marketed with the slogan “tobacco & water,” language used by other brands such as Natural American Spirit, and will be available at over 2,000 retail locations nationwide.
MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Zone announced a new watermelon flavored pouch in an email and on Instagram. The watermelon flavor will be available exclusively through Circle K stores. The new flavor is not on Zone’s website yet.