Unveiling the perfect lighter for car enthusiast customers — the BIC Special Edition Supercar Series. Now consumers can show off their passion for cars with lighters featuring vibrant futuristic concept or smoke-cloaked muscle cars. The lighters in this series have a suggested retail price of $2.29 per lighter. BIC Maxi Lighters are long lasting, reliable […]
Reynolds Files Lawsuit in California
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJRT) has filed a lawsuit against California state officials, including Attorney General Robert Bonta. The lawsuit is in response to the Attorney General’s issuance of several Notices of Determination that allege certain Camel and Newport cigarettes styles are “presumptively” flavored based on their promotional materials. The lawsuit, filed in California state…
Altria to Resolve Majority of JUUL-Related Cases
Altria Group Inc. has come to an agreement on terms to resolve at least 6,000 JUUL-related state and federal cases for $235 million. “While we continue to believe the claims against us are meritless, we believe this settlement avoids the uncertainty and expense of a protracted legal process and is in the best interest of…
FDA Updates Status of Pending PMTA Timeline
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a status update on its pending Pre-Market Tobacco Applications (PMTAs) due to a Maryland Federal District Court order, reported the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO). The court case established a court-imposed deadline for finalizing the review of the PMTAs that were filed with the agency by…
Proposed Bills to Ban Tobacco Sales in California and Nevada Fail
Proposed bills in Nevada and California that looked to phase out tobacco sales by banning sales to people born after a certain date, both failed in mid-April, with one unable to receive a vote and the other amended to have a different focus. Nevada Assembly Bill 294 would have banned flavored tobacco products and prohibited…
Smokeless Tobacco’s Bright Outlook
Smokeless tobacco sales, buoyed by the spitless segment, are growing at c-stores as customers look for discreet smoking alternatives. The convenience store channel saw the overall smokeless tobacco category record sales of $8.95 billion, up a respectable 4.9% for the 52 weeks ending Jan. 29, 2023, according to Chicago-based research firm IRI. Within that category,…
Tobacco-Free Clove Smokes
Kretek International introduced nicotine-free Djarum Bliss as the next wave of clove enjoyment. The tobacco-free 20-packs offer clove smokers the taste they love without nicotine or hemp. Djarum Bliss distribution to date has been focused on California as c-stores and tobacco shops cope with the removal of flavored tobacco. Initial sales of Djarum’s Bliss clove […]
Juul Reaches Settlement with 47 States and Territories
Juul has released a statement explaining that it has reached a settlement with seven different state attorneys general regarding claims that it marketed e-cigarette products to adolescents. The company stated that the terms of the agreement are to provide financial resources that combat underage use of Juul products. The $462 million settlement is with states…
Expert Panel Report Causes FDA to Undertake Actions
On July 19, 2022, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf issued a public statement directing the Reagan-Udall Foundation to engage an independent expert panel to evaluate the operational aspects of the FDA’s tobacco regulatory program. In the statement, Commissioner Califf stated that “the agency has confronted a series of challenges that have tested…
Accessories Adjust to Market Trends
The average American tobacco/nicotine user no longer presents a one-dimensional profile, sticking to a single type of product. Now there are dual- and poly-usage customers who combine cigarettes with modern oral nicotine products. Plus, there are tobacco/nicotine users who have entered the cannabis market. These changes have significantly altered, and broadened, the demographic for accessories.…