MEDIA

Executive Summary

Published Weekly (6-7 pages)
A high level summary of the principal industry developments occurring over the past week around the world. Serves as an index to other TMA publications issued that week.

Daily Executive Summary

Published twice daily- Monday - Thursday (1 page)
Key events in the industry delivered twice daily in a concise one-page format or once daily two-page format.

US Tobacco Weekly

Published Weekly (16-20 pages)
A more detailed compilation of all key industry issues and events as they unfold across the United States written by expert TMA staff. abstract written by expert TMA staff. Among other topics it covers excise taxes, marketing & distribution, corporate finance, leaf & trade, anti-tobacco campaigns, product standards, use accommodation & restriction, and legal issues at the Federal, State and Local levels with a special focus on the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA).

World Alert

Published Weekly (16-20 pages)
A detailed compilation of key industry issues and events as they emerge outside the United States organized on a country by country basis within world region and focusing on corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, tax issues including smuggling and excise taxes, sales, marketing & distribution issues, product standards and ingredient, leaf & trade, anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking restrictions, lawsuits and other legal issues with a special focus on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

ECONOMIC

US Tobacco Barometer                                                                                                                                                                 (Cigarettes, Cigars, Smoking Tobacco, Chewing Tobacco and Snuff)

Published Monthly (8 pages)
An industry guide to manufactured production, taxable removals, and tax-exempt removals for all cigarettes, large cigars, little cigars, snuff, chewing and pipe tobacco manufactured and sold in the United States as reported by the US Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).

US Tobacco Barometer                                                                                                                                                  (Smoking, Chewing, & Snuff)

Published Quarterly (4 pages)
An industry guide to production, invoiced US sales, imports, and exports for chewing tobacco, snuff, and forms of smoking tobacco, including roll-your-own tobacco, manufactured and sold in the United States. Data is provided voluntarily by manufacturers to the US Department of Agriculture.

US Tobacco Trade Barometer

Published Monthly (8-16 pages per part)
A six-part publication detailing all US imports and exports of all tobacco leaf, products and sundries, breaking down the data by product and country providing quantities and dollar values on a monthly and cumulative basis compared to the prior year.

Part 1: Balance of Trade Summary
All imports & exports by product comparing the industry with the overall U.S. merchandise trade position.

Part 2: Exports of Leaf Tobacco
US exports by leaf type and destination country

Part 3: Exports of Tobacco Products
US exports by product and destination country

Part 4: Imports of Leaf Tobacco
US imports by leaf type and country of origin

Part 5: Imports of Tobacco Products
US imports by product and country of origin

Part 6: Imports of Smoker's Accessories
US imports by product and country of origin

China Watch

Published Monthly (8-10 pages)
Provides public policy and statistical information for cigarette production and sales, quantities and values of tobacco leaf and cigarette imported by trading partner, and cigarette filter material imports for the world's largest tobacco market.

Japan Tobacco Trade Barometer

Published Monthly (10-12 pages)
The Japan Tobacco Trade Barometer provides statistical information dealing with tobacco leaf and product trade quantities and values, by trading partner for the world's largest importer.

PUBLIC POLICY

Legislative Bulletin

Published Weekly (4-30 pages)
Reports on all US Congressional and State legislative and referendum activity that affects all sectors of the tobacco industry providing bill and law summaries and actions throughout the legislative process. Links to bill and law full-text are accessible through the HTML version as well as the tma.org web site.  A separate page tracks key local developments as these are reported through TMA's news program.

Daily Legislative Tracking

Published Daily (1-10 pages)
Tracks all US Congressional and State legislative and regulatory activity that affects the tobacco industry at the Federal and State government levels. 

FDA Alert

Published as draft guidances, announcements, notices and other related content makes necessary.

Uniquely focused on delivering summaries and full-text of all FDA activity related to the tobacco industry. 

Weekly Legislative Charts

Published Weekly (Content varies in size)

A collection of charts covering a range of industry issues including Federal and across all States for changess to existing excise taxes marketing and sales freedoms, licensing, counterfeiting, anti-counterfeiting/smuggling issues to name a few. 

International Legislative News

Published Weekly

A country by country compilation of key public policy issues and events as they emerge outside of the United States written in a more detailed fashion by expert TMA staff.  The International Legislative News tracks laws and proposals related to  product standards and ingredient/constituents, anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking restrictions, marketing, sales, distribution, lawsuits and other legal issues to name a few.

TRADEMARKS

Trademark Report

Published Monthly (8-16 pages)
Tracks all trademarks Published for Opposition renewals and cancellations, including designs or images, for tobacco products and tobacco accessory products in the United States from test market through registration.

Weekly Trademark Report

Published Weekly (2-4pages)                                                                                                                                                   

Lists just the previous week's trademarks that have been Published for Opposition enabling companies to respond to another company's request for a given trademark within the 30 day period available. 

SPECIAL

Issues Monitor: United States

Published Semi-Annually (28-44 pages)
A semi-annual review of the principal issues facing the tobacco industry in the US Market, this publication summarizes all principal political-economic issues  to identify trends in the industry's evolving environment, with special focus on regulation by the Food and Drug Administration.

Various
On an ad hoc basis, TMA publishes Special Reports focusing on economic issues requiring more detailed analysis. Such subject matter is a function of new legislative and regulatory developments, new economic issues, or a combination of both.