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 162 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 bases contain 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 - 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 compendiums covering the Master Settlement 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. Member Platinum Single User - Allows access by a single user to the entire TMA data collection except Full-Text Daily News. 
5. Non-Member Platinum Single User - Allows a non-member access by a single user to TMA Data Products
6. Member Platinum Company Wide Access - Allows a member company to purchase Total Access for anyone within their company.
7. Library Industry Archives - Consists of current research documents, conference papers, research reports and archived trade press publications.  
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Syndication - Enabling member companies to license the rights to a constant flow of 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 though typically it includes News and Public Policy information.
11. TPCC - Tobacco Products Compliance Center - A secure centralized, tobacco license depository where manufacturers, distributors and retailers can enter and update their own licensing information.  The TPCC is designed to reduce multiple requests for license information, saving time and money for everyone in the tobacco supply-chain.