The year 2025 has been a dynamic and transformative period for tobacco and nicotine regulation in the US. This short report offers analysis of the current and future regulation of these products in the US…

This report looks at current tax systems and rates for nicotine pouches in every US state plus the District of Columbia, and it analyses proposed tax bills in seven states…

This report looks at current tax systems and rates for heated tobacco products in every US state plus the District of Columbia, and it analyses proposed tax bills in nine states…

Synthetic nicotine analogues appeared on the US market in vaping and oral products, marketed as exempt from the FDA’s PMTA requirements. This report examines nicotine analogues and their regulation at both the federal and state level…

This report examines the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement measures taken in relation to unauthorised tobacco products, and analyses the warning letters sent out throughout 2024…

This database includes information about legislators that have proposed or sponsored bills related to tobacco products and e-cigarettes in the last four years…

This short report examines some of the most important developments outlined in our Policy Radar update for the second half of October and the first half of November (up until 18th)…

This report analyses the potential impact of recent changes in the “major questions doctrine”, which addresses the issue of how far US federal agencies can go in making policy on their own initiative…

This report explains what nicotine analogues are and what their current US federal legal status is, looks at criticism of the FDA’s lack of regulations on them, and predicts their future in the country…

This report offers detailed analysis of the regulatory framework currently in place for heated tobacco products in the US, covering all policy areas, including labelling and advertising requirements as well as barriers to market entry…

This report provides analysis of the regulatory framework in place in the US for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches, covering all policy areas as well as barriers to market entry…

This report analyses whether US states are considering the different harm profiles of tobacco products (which can include e-cigarettes) when taxing them, in order to encourage consumption of lower-risk products…

This report analyses a trend initiated by eight US states to introduce a specific tax category for heated tobacco products. We look at the status of the relevant bills and their proposed category definitions and tax rates…

This report provides an overview of the patent dispute in the US between PMI and BAT involving Iqos, which was recently resolved and which has allowed for Iqos to begin sales in the US again…

The report analyses enacted law and proposed bills that require tobacco products and e-cigarettes to be included in the tobacco directories before they can be distributed or sold in US states…

This report examines the Food Drug Administration’s final rule on health warnings for cigarette and heated tobacco packages, provides analysis of the various arguments against it, and looks at its regulatory impact…

On 8th January, the US Supreme Court declined to hear tobacco company RJ Reynolds’ challenge to California’s flavour ban on tobacco products. This isn’t the first time a similar challenge has been rejected…

This report examines both US federal and state law, offering analysis of how herbal products for smoking are currently regulated…

This report examines tribal territories in the US and how federal and state tobacco policy affects them, with analysis of specific case law examples…

This report looks at the background and potential impact of the US FDA’s proposed ban on menthol in cigarettes, which may also apply to heated tobacco products and has been sent to the White House for final review and approval…

This report analyses US federal enforcement actions in relation to nicotine pouches as well as examining the ten most populated states and their enforcement programmes…

This report provides detailed analysis of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report, which assessed the FDA’s efforts regarding online tobacco retailers’ compliance with the Tobacco Control Act…

This report looks at cigarette filters in the US and how lawmakers are dealing with their environmental impact, lack of regulation, and misconception that filtered cigarettes are less harmful to human health than unfiltered ones…

This report examines existing federal rules for tracing tobacco products, as well as the individual states that have chosen to use digital tax stamps as part of their regulatory framework…

This report examines and compares the protection of intellectual property through patents and trademarks at both federal and state levels, though individual state requirements are not covered…

This report explores the current intellectual property lawsuits in the US, beginning with a table providing summary information on the cases themselves, followed by a deeper analysis of the lawsuits with key arguments…

This report examines the US Food and Drug Administration proposed rule that would establish a unified regulatory framework for tobacco product manufacturing practice requirements…

This report examines the federal and state requirements that manufacturers of heated tobacco products need to comply with before selling their products at duty-free stores in the US…

This report examines the federal and general state requirements that manufacturers of smokeless tobacco products need to comply with before selling their products at duty-free stores in the US…

This report examines the influence of some of the major public organisations that work to influence policy on tobacco and vaping in the US…

This report provides a comprehensive summary of the import and export regulations in place for smokeless tobacco products – oral tobacco and nicotine pouches – in the US…

This report provides a comprehensive summary of the import and export regulations in place for heated tobacco products in the US, including FDA and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau requirements…

This report analyses how each of the four geographical regions in the US regulate nicotine pouches in the areas of taxation, product restrictions, retail channel and youth access restrictions, and advertising, noting similarities and differences…

This report analyses how each of the four geographical regions in the US regulate heated tobacco in the areas of taxation, product restrictions, retail channel and youth access restrictions, and advertising, noting similarities and differences…

This report will examine the US legislators’ database, which contains information of the state legislators’ past legislative moves over the last four years…

This report outlines all of the federal packaging requirements for smokeless tobacco products in the US…

This report outlines the federal packaging requirements for heated tobacco products in the US…

This report examines the main pathways for tobacco products to enter the market in the US, covering PMTAs, MRTPs and SEs…

This November, elections will be held: legislative races will be conducted in 46 states and governor races will be held in 36. This report analyses the potential outcomes and how it could affect tobacco/nicotine policies in each state…

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for oral tobacco and nicotine pouches in New York. It covers all policy areas from labelling and packaging requirements and public usage to advertising, notification and taxation…

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for heated tobacco products in New York. It covers all policy areas from labelling and packaging requirements and public usage to advertising, notification and taxation…

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current and possible future regulatory framework for heated tobacco products in Washington DC, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to labelling and product restrictions…

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current and possible future regulatory framework for oral tobacco products and nicotine pouches in Washington DC, covering all policy areas from taxation and advertising to labelling and product restrictions…

Tamarind Intelligence’s new Policy Radar captures in detail the current regulatory framework for leading markets for novel nicotine products and enables us to forecast how regulation will evolve over the next five years…

This report analyses whether any of the upcoming tobacco-related regulations may be challenged under the major questions doctrine, including the menthol ban and the policy relating to nicotine levels…

This regulatory report looks at the US states that have enacted or proposed bills aimed at imposing restrictions on tobacco product and e-cigarette manufacturers before marketing their products…

This report asks and answers questions regarding US federal regulation on nicotine pouches, reviewing current law, looking at what stands to change, and clearing up what could happen if state and federal legislation clash…

This report analyses whether US states are considering the different harm profiles of tobacco products when taxing them, in order to encourage consumption of lower-risk products…

The new US federal legislation has brought synthetic nicotine products under the oversight of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), meaning all synthetic nicotine products have to go through a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) process…

TobaccoIntelligence has compiled lists here of all the local regulations affecting tobacco and e-cigarettes for districts in the Chicago metropolitan area…