TMA's mission is to manage virtually all types of information on the worldwide tobacco industry.

The TMA Information Program consists of Full-Text and Summary News, Economic Data, Industry Research, Public Policy Information on over 130 Countries, US Legislative Tracking, Brand and Trademark information, a large and growing collection of Periodical or Library Information from the Tobacco Trade Press among other sources, and a Buyer's Guide listing supplier and manufacturer companies in the worldwide tobacco business. TMA's data business contains over 10 gigabytes of information and dates from the early 1980's.

The program is distributed in multiple formats some of which is available only to member companies.

1. TMA E-Mail Publications - Some 22 publications available by e-mail or through web access at no charge to our members.  Only TMA members are entitled to receive these publications.
2. TMA Data Products - Eight distinct collections of information accessible through the web site and covering International Public Policy by Country, International Taxes and Tariffs by Country, the World Cigarette business by Country, and US compediums covering the Master Selttlement Agreement, Tobacco Taxation and the entire US Tobacco Business in detail.  All of these are available to members at one-third the listed non-member prices.
3. TMA Daily News - Full-Text daily news available to TMA members only in a download file. 
4. DeskTop TMA - Web acccess to the full collection of TMA information at a single-user price that includes Full-Text daily news (copyright fees are paid by TMA to sources).  A reduced version w/o Full-Text News called Desktop TMA Viewer is available to members only at a reduced rate. 
5. Platinum Company Site License - Company-wide site access to the entire TMA data collection except daily Full-Text News downloads.  Where DeskTop TMA s by person, Platinum is for all users in a given member company with no limit to the number of usernames and passwords.  
6. Personalized Research - From simple studies to complex studies on public policy to complete consulting analyses of market opportunities and threats, TMA provides customized research to meet the specific needs of a given company or organization at highly competitive hourly or project fees given the availability of TMA's Tobacco Industry Databases and hard-copy information files.  For larger projects, TMA assembles teams of industry experts. Research is available to non-members, but is offered at a discounted rate to TMA members.
7. My TMA - a customized e-mail information delivery program crafted by the recipient and updated with just the information the user wants to receive at just the frequencies needed: immediately, daily, weekly. Users choose from News and Public Policy subjects and issues and craft their own unlimited number of specifc reports.  This is a FREE member Service.
8. Syndication - Enabling member companies to license the rights to a constant flow TMA information directly to their corporate intranet or extranet sites.  This is MyTMA but for companies, not individuals, and can be customized to include additional TMA information from the entire information  program thoughtypically it includes News and Public Policy information.