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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 Sep 4, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARETTES
Last week, we reported a Camel ad in a consumer magazine for the first time since 2024. We’ve identified another Camel magazine ad, this time in the September 7, 2026 issue of Us Weekly.
ENDS
Oxbar recently launched Oxbar Air, a new line of ultra-slim disposable e-cigarettes. Oxbar Air comes in 16 flavors and claims to deliver about 25,000 puffs. Oxbar’s website highlights Oxbar Air’s portability and concealability, stating that it “slides easily into pockets or purses without bulk.” At this time, the FDA has not issued a PMTA for an Oxbar product, and we were unable to find information indicating applications have been submitted to FDA.