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Tobacco Category Digest

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Backbar items show 'outsized performance' at convenience stores

 By Diane Adam on Jun. 11, 2026

Casey’s, Yesway ride growth in nicotine category

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Developments at FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products

By David Spross on Jun. 04, 2026

Next few months are likely to yield more PMTA authorizations: Spross

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ITG Brands acquires smokeless tobacco company Black Buffalo

By Diane Adam on May 27, 2026

Deal strengthens the company’s U.S. oral nicotine portfolio

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Senators ask FDA for answers over authorization of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes

By Diane Adam on May 22, 2026

Lawmakers request responses by June 1

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FDA warns 8 retailers for selling unauthorized tobacco products posing as candy, breath strips and cough drops

By Diane Adam on May 21, 2026

‘No tobacco product should look like candy,’ says Bret Koplow, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products

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Geek Bar Pulse 15000 Disposable Vape

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Splash Classic and Smooth Nicotine-free menthol-filtered cigarettes

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Black Buffalo smokeless tobacco

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes over $175M worth of illegal e-cigarettes in joint federal operation

By Diane Adam on May 14, 2026

The 18 million units orginated from China

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FDA cuts tobacco product application backlog by 70% with faster reviews

By Diane Adam on May 13, 2026

Agency's Center for Tobacco Products streamlines PMTA process

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Arko and Murphy USA see nicotine strength, cigarette promotions lift first-quarter results

By Diane Adam on May 12, 2026

C-store retailers lean into products behind the counter to drive gains

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns, Politico reports

By Diane Adam on May 12, 2026

Kyle Diamantas, FDA’s deputy commissioner for human foods, 'will lead the agency in an acting capacity'

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FDA sets new rules on enforcement for unauthorized vapes and nicotine pouch products

By Diane Adam on May 11, 2026

Agency says it won’t pursue products with pending applications under new guidance policy

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