News Tracking

• Your MyTMA profile of just the News you need to know when you need to know it: as it happens, daily, weekly and in as many individual reports as you need or want, all at no additional cost.
• The most complete electronic clipping service available anywhere on the global industry with twice-daily full-text news files dispatched on a 24x5 basis to TMA's web site by 2:00 AM and 12 Noon EST.
• Twice-Daily and Weekly Executive Summaries emailed with accompanying larger abstracts through TMA's US Tobacco Weekly and World Alert publications all linked to the underlying full-text through the TMA.ORG web site.
• A comprehensive, searchable full-text news database extending back to 1986 and including most of the over 10,000 sources searched daily by TMA staff in India and Princeton, the two principal TMA news hubs.
• Content syndicated to Member Company Intranets with unlimited re-use rights for TMA members to redistribute TMA-crafted information to colleagues in their firms.
• A copyright database is used to fulfill TMA's intellectual property obligations for user access to full-text documents.

Buyer's Guide

• A comprehensive listing of who's who in the global tobacco industry, showing which companies make which supplies and final products, and providing key contact information such as phone and email addresses.
• Allows companies to add product reviews, audio and video advertisements, and other information to their unique company records.
• All maintained by the individual companies themselves to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

Industry Research & Company Finance

• An extensive hard-copy and microfilm library extending back over one century and a searchable electronic library containing many of the books and documents that comprise the industry's business history.
• As the news program tracks current events, it also tracks research reports available in the public domain. These reports are collected, processed and made available on TMA.ORG.
• Regular electronic collections of company financial reports including annual reports, SEC filings and investment reports.
• Securities Analyst reports delivered in real-time for publicly held companies.

Global Legislative & Regulatory Tracking

• Your MyTMA profile of needed US Legislative & Regulatory Information delivered in the format you have selected when you have selected to receive it.
• Daily and Weekly US Legislative & Regulatory Tracking at the Federal and State levels.
• Global law, regulatory, and court tracking, with all tobacco-related issues covered: ingredient & packaging standards; taxes & tariffs; import regulations; use of pesticides & herbicides; product liability; smoking restrictions, etc. Over 162 countries and all US States back to 1983.
• International Laws, country by country, back to the early 1990's including a Summary Description of the current law in a given country with links to the individual laws that comprise it.
• US Federal Hearings with the full-text of most hearings conducted since 1990.
• TMA's Guide to the Master Settlement Agreement with full-text of the agreement, related State legislation, court decisions, and a regularly updated database of all compliant and non-compliant brands and companies.  Updates are done every day from web sites maintained by Attorneys General and the National Association of Attorneys General.
• Summary and full-text laws in TMA's International Public Policy Guide, covering 125 countries.
• TMA's Tobacco Tax Guide, a state by state summary compilation of all Federal, State and many Local tobacco tax laws.
• All US Legislation and much economic data in TMA's Tobacco USA.

Economic & Brand / Trademark Data Management

• From leaf through final products, TMA has the most extensive economic databases available anywhere.
• Macroeconomic, microeconomic, and product specific data, including brand and company market shares, retail prices, tariffs, taxes, advertising expenditures, and other information covering all tobacco products in most markets released through TMA's International Tobacco Tax and Business Guide, World Cigarette Guide and Tobacco USA programs.
• Coverage of all leaf sales on the US and selected markets around the world, providing data on market conditions.
• International Laws, country by country, back to the early 1990's available through TMA's International Public Policy Guide.
• The largest database of US cigarette brand trademarks available anywhere including FTC, tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide ratings.

Additional Member Services

• Rapid answers to specific queries.
• Contract one-off research for in-depth studies.
• Conferences focusing on key industry issues.
• Industry networking events.