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Table 1 Development and proliferation of pouched MST products

From: Beyond the brotherhood: Skoal Bandits’ role in the evolution of marketing moist smokeless tobacco pouches

Pouched product brand

Parent company

Moist/Dry

Flavors

Years active

Good Luck Sak-Pak

USST

Moist

Mint

1973–1983

Skoal Bandits

USST

Moist

Straight, Mint, Wintergreen

1983-

Renegades

Pinkerton

Moist

Mint, Wintergreen

1985-

Skoal Flavor Packs

USST

Moist

Mint, Cinnamon

1993–1999

Revel

USST

Moist

Mint, Wintergreen, Cinnamon

2001–2006

Skoal Pouches (previously “Flavorflow Pouches,” “X-tra”)

USST

Moist

Rich, Crisp, Wintergreen, Mint

2008-

Skoal Dry

USST

Dry

Menthol, Regular, Cinnamon

2006–2008

Skoal Snus (replaced Skoal Dry)

USST/Altria

Dry

Mint, Smooth Mint

2011-

Grizzly Pouches

Conwood /RAI

Moist

Snuff, Straight, Mint, Wintergreen, Dark Wintergreen

2008-

Copenhagen Pouches

USST/Altria

Moist

Original, Wintergreen

2001-

Copenhagen Snus

USST/Altria

Dry

Natural, Mint, Wintergreen

Test-marketed starting 2014

Marlboro Taboka

Altria

Dry

Original, Green

Test-marketed 2006–2008

Marlboro Snus

Altria

Dry

Rich, Mild, Peppermint, Spice

2007–2013 (relaunched in 2010)

Camel Snus

RAI

Dry

Frost, Spice, Original, Robust, Winterchill

2006-

General

Swedish Match

Dry

Original, White

More heavily in the US after 2006

Catch Dry

Swedish Match

Dry

Eucalyptus, Licorice, Vanilla, Coffee

More heavily in the US after 2006