MEDIA

Executive Summary

Published Weekly (6 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. TMA's Executive Summary is the most widely read weekly newsletter in the worldwide tobacco industry. 

Daily Executive Summary

Published twice daily- Monday - Thursday (1 page each)
Key events in the industry delivered daily in a concise one-page format. One two-page daily is also possible.

US Tobacco Weekly

Published Weekly (11-16 pages)
A compilation of all key industry issues and events as they unfold across the United States in a more detailed fashion, a long abstract written by expert TMA staff. The US Tobacco Weekly 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.

World Alert

Published Weekly (16-20 pages)
A country-by-country compilation of key industry issues and events as they emerge outside the United States written in a more detailed fashion by expert TMA staff. The World Alert tracks corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, tax issues including smuggling and excise taxes, sales, marketing & distribution issues, product standards and ingredient issues, leaf & trade, anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking restrictions, lawsuits and other legal issues.

ECONOMIC

Leaf Bulletin

Published Weekly (4-12 pages)
During the US tobacco marketing season (July-April)
Furnishes tobacco auction market statistics for all leaf tobacco types broken down between leaf sold under contract and leaf sold at auction. The Leaf Bulletin includes Stabilization inventories and provides a brief legislative and regulatory run-down on matters impacting the leaf sector. Covers the markets in the U.S., Canada, Zimbabwe, Malawi and selected other nations.

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

Published Monthly (8 pages)
The US Tobacco Barometer (CCS) is 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 in the United States as reported by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

US Tobacco Barometer (Smoking, Chewing, & Snuff)

Published Quarterly (4 pages)
The US Tobacco Barometer (SCS) is 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. The US Tobacco Trade Barometer breaks down the data by product and country providing quantities and dollar values on a monthly and cumulative basis comparing current data to the previous 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 Tobacco Leaf
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 Tobacco Leaf
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)
China Watch contains statistical information covering cigarette production and sales, tobacco leaf and cigarette trade quantities and values by trading partner, and cigarette filter material imports.

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.

PUBLIC POLICY

Legislative Bulletin

Published Weekly (4-30 pages)
Analyzes and reports on all US Congressional and State legislative activity that affects all sectors of the tobacco industry. The Legislative Bulletin summarizes key provisions of these bills and tracks bill progress through the legislative process. Links to the full-text are provided through TMA's Public Policy Tracking program accessible on the tma.org Web Site. A separate page tracks key 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 bi-weekly or as news justifies

Industry newsletter focusing solely on FDA and related compliance issues, from the rule making through implementation of regulations, to research reports, reports on FDA activity and warning letters.

Weekly Legislative Charts

Published Weekly (Content varies in size)

A collection of charts of excise tax increases, at the State government level: counterfeiting and anti-smuggling issues and direct sales issues, at the Federal and State government levels. 

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 product standards and ingredient issues, anti-tobacco campaigns, smoking restrictions, lawsuits and other legal issues.

TRADEMARKS

Trademark Report

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

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.  Does not include designs or images, which are only featured in the Monthly Trademark Report.

SPECIAL

Issues Monitor

Published Semi-Annually (16-24 pages)
Semi-annual review of the principal issues facing the tobacco industry in the US. The Issues Monitor summarizes all principal economic, legislative, regulatory, and trade developments.

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. Among recent examples are the following: China's entry into the World Trade Organization and its likely affect on the tobacco industry; New US Cigarette Brand Activity; and Tobacco's Contribution to the US Trade Balance.