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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 Aug 22, 2025 TIM Alert

CIGARS

Backwoods promoted their newest limited-edition city cigars on Instagram: Houston “Purple Pack” and Atlanta “Southern Sweet Tea.” The brand website also includes an image of the Chicago pack, “Sweet Summertime Chi,” that has not yet been announced on Instagram.

MODERN ORAL NICOTINE PRODUCTS

Lucy nicotine pouches announced via email that Wawa, a major eastern US convenience chain, is now carrying their products. While not a nationwide chain, previous chains carrying Lucy were primarily located in the western US and consisted of fewer locations.