In 2023, a federal court ordered Raw, the rolling-paper powerhouse, to stop making certain claims on its packaging, including that its organic hemp papers are unrefined, made from the center of the stalk, or made from natural hemp gum. Forbes magazine characterized the company at the time as relying on deceitful claims and aggressive hucksterism. There are also promises made on booklet labels that, while not deceptive, are hard to parse: Theres no industry-standard definition for what terms like thin and slow burning actually mean
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Recent Developments Observed by FMI: In May 2025, Flawless, one of Europe's prominent vaping distributors signed an exclusive agreement with the leading manufacturer of vape disposables in China, ELF BAR, to create the Gee600 disposable device, for the United Kingdom's vape and FMCG sector
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