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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 14, 2026 TIM Alert
CIGARS
Backwoods has recently added a new flavor to their website. The new flavor, Red Velvet, is described as being for “the people who appreciate richness without heaviness”. The dessert-themed cigar is limited edition and comes in a 5-cigar pack.
ENDS
In their Interim Results 2026 presentation, British American Tobacco (parent company of RJ Reynolds Vapor) stated that four new Vuse Pro flavors will be released in Quarter 3 of this year. While Vuse Pro devices are currently not available in the U.S., RJ Reynolds Vapor Company submitted PMTAs for an age-gated Vuse Pro device and compatible pods in June 2024. The new Vuse Pro flavors are advertised as “coming soon” on Vuse’s website and in a display at a convenience store in the Kansas City area.