Tag "FDA tobacco"
Thunder Xtreme Snus brand Discontinued
Swedish Match North America (SMNA) announced this week it will be delisting all five Thunder Xtreme snus products effective 15 April 2020. The affected products are: Thunder Xtreme Original Thunder
What FDA MRTP Status for General Snus Really Means
On a Monday conference call with FDA, Swedish Match US was blind-sided. FDA said there could be good news concerning the Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) application for General Snus
US Cities Banning Wintergreen and Mint Smokeless Tobacco AND Snus
The calls for banning flavored nicotine-containing products has been primarily a long and vocal one when it comes to vapor and e-cigarettes. Poking out of the eSmoke debate is a
A Letter about Swedish Snus you will NEVER see from Big Tobacco
You will never see published a letter from a cigarette smoker thanking Altria or Reynolds American for addicting them to nicotine through cigarettes. Likewise, a short note saying "I'm a
Sweden Surrenders to new EU-mandated Snus Warning Labels
Once again, the Swedish government caved to EU interference concerning Swedish snus. On May 20, 2016 the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive was implemented in Swedish legislation, which among other things
Swedish Match on Snus and Regulations
Swedish Match believes that tobacco regulation will continuously become more global in character and steadily increase in scope… Swedish Match expects that for the foreseeable future, hundreds of millions of
Swedish Match gets PMTA (Not MRTPA) approval from FDA for 8 General Snus products
Today, FDA issued a quite frankly poorly written press release entitled FDA issues first product marketing orders through premarket tobacco application pathway. Since General Snus and the eight products Swedish
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A notice on the Federal Register that indicates the Swedish Match General Snus Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application (MRTPA) will be published tomorrow. Since accepting the General Snus application in
FDA moves General Snus MRTP Application forward!
A notice on the Federal Register that indicates the Swedish Match General Snus Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application (MRTPA) will be published tomorrow. Since accepting the General Snus application in
FDA has NOT killed the General Snus reduced harm application
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of the General Snus Reduced Harm Tobacco Product (MRTP) application have been greatly exaggerated. Friday afternoon, the anti-all-tobacco crowd and media
Jakobsson’s Snus has FDA Setback and Discontinues 6 Snuses
Swedish Snus manufacturer Gotlandssnus AB, makers of the Jakobssons, Gotlands, and Gotlandssnus brands of snus, suffered a defeat at the hands of the US FDA, a source in Sweden reported.
My Comment to FDA on the General Snus MRTP Application
Updated 18 August 2015 – NOTE: This story was originally published on 29 September 2014 during the first FDA Public Comment Period on the General Snus MRTPA. Fast forward almost
Podcast: Why YOU have to support the General Snus MRTP application
The General Snus Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) application to FDA was the subject of this call to action for snus users in the USA. Swedish Snus Ambassador to the
Swedish Match, FDA, General Snus, and Modified Risk Tobacco Products: What does it mean?
UPDATED 27 Aug 2014: Two months ago, Swedish Snus giant Swedish Match presented FDA with a formal application that the General Snus products sold over-the-counter (OTC) in the United States
FDA Approves Eight Swedish Match Smokeless Tobacco Products
Today, FDA announced it was authorizing the sale and marketing of eight Swedish Match smokeless tobacco products in the US. These first eight are not in the snus category but
FDA Tobacco Czar Mitch Zeller – Substantial Equivalence launch but what’s next for Tobacco?
FDA Tobacco Czar Mitch Zeller, Ruler of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), has announced the first tobacco products to move through the long-awaited substantial equivalence (SE) process. Two
Has The Northerner bit off more than it can snus?
The price of Swedish snus at the major eStores has always varied to one degree or another but never to the extent seen today. Factors such as the PACT Act,
FDA Tobacco Propaganda – Tobacco War Update
Tobacco War Update – PACT Act, the CTP, FDA, Seneca Nation, Menthol, and e-Cigs It’s that time again. While the USPS runs $3BB in the red, Congress has refused to
FDA Celebrates Anniversary of the Tobacco Control Act
Attention Citizens of Amerika! Today is the first anniversary of the signing of the Tobacco Control Act into law. FDA is spending tobacco tax money for a huge celebration of
The Tobacco Act: Wasted Taxpayer Dollars and the new Tobacco Black Market
The best of intentions carry unintended consequences. In the case of The Tobacco Act of 2009 giving FDA control over tobacco products, the intentions weren’t even praise-worthy. The Tobacco Act