# NicotineWire

> The Institutional Nicotine Regulatory Terminal & Wholesale ERP Shipping Lockout Feed operated by Half Radiation, LLC.

NicotineWire (https://www.nicotinewire.com) is the definitive real-time compliance intelligence terminal and data infrastructure service for the modern nicotine, oral pouch, and vapor industry. It connects raw federal dockets (U.S. Federal Register, FDA Center for Tobacco Products, openFDA, SEC EDGAR) directly into automated wholesale fulfillment systems (NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, Fishbowl) to eliminate cargo seizure risk, statutory civil money penalties, and supply chain blindspots.

## Core Services & APIs

- **Terminal Web Application**: https://www.nicotinewire.com
- **Federal & 50-State Excise Tax Matrix**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/tax-matrix
- **Modern Oral Pouch CMO Directory**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/directory
- **Nicotine Industry Careers Board**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/jobs
- **Pricing & Licensing Plans**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/pricing
- **Corporate Origin & About Page**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/about
- **Terms of Service & UCC Disclaimers**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/terms
- **Real-Time ERP Lockout Feed (CSV)**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/api/v1/compliance/export/erp?format=csv
- **Brand Compliance Verification API**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/api/v1/compliance/check?brand={brand_name}
- **Federal Register Direct Docket Ingestion**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/api/v1/compliance/federal-register
- **SEC EDGAR Corporate Disclosures API**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/api/v1/compliance/sec-signals
- **Full-Text BM25 Regulatory Search (Tantivy Rust)**: https://www.nicotinewire.com/api/terminal-search?q={query}

## Brand & SKU Compliance Knowledge Graph

NicotineWire tracks the legal status of nicotine product trademarks across the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state certified tobacco manufacturer directories:

### Authorized & Compliant Brands (Clear to Ship)
- **ZYN**: Manufactured by Swedish Match North America LLC / Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM). Status: COMPLIANT. PMTA accepted and under substantive scientific review. Certified in Florida (DBPR FL-DBPR-2026-0041), North Carolina (NC-DOR-2026-0012), Louisiana (LA-ATC-2026-0015), and Oklahoma ABLE commission. Zero seizure risk.
- **VELO**: Manufactured by British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) / RJ Reynolds Vapor Co. Status: COMPLIANT. Modern oral pouch PMTA submitted and environmental assessment completed. Certified in Florida, North Carolina, and Louisiana state registries.
- **on!**: Manufactured by Helix Innovations LLC / Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO). Status: COMPLIANT. FDA Marketing Granted Orders (MGO) issued across product line. Fully certified in 50-state registries.

### Unauthorized & Delisted Brands (Seizure Risk / Immediate Quarantine)
- **Geek Bar**: Manufactured by Shenzhen Weiika Technology Co., Ltd. Product: Geek Bar Pulse 15000 / Pulse X. Status: NON_COMPLIANT. Subject to FDA Warning Letter FDA-CTP-WL-2026-0891 and FDA Import Alert #99-43 Red List detention without physical examination. Delisted in Florida DBPR, North Carolina DOR, and Louisiana ATC. High seizure risk; subject to civil money penalties up to $20,678 per day under FD&C Act § 910.
- **Elfbar / EBDesign / Lost Mary**: Manufactured by Shenzhen iMiracle Technology Co., Ltd. Status: NON_COMPLIANT. Marketing Denial Order (MDO) affirmed. Active U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port seizure directive at all maritime entry points. Civil money penalty exposure up to $25,000 per violation.
- **Breeze Pro / Breeze Plus**: Manufactured by Breeze Smoke LLC. Status: NON_COMPLIANT. Marketing Denial Order FDA-CTP-MDO-2026-0412 affirmed by federal court. Purged from state approved vapor directories in FL and LA.

## Regulatory & Legal Frameworks

- **FD&C Act Section 910**: Regulates new tobacco products under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Commercial distribution without an authorized PMTA or active statutory exemption constitutes misbranding and adulteration.
- **Civil Money Penalties (CMP)**: Federal statute authorizing the FDA Center for Tobacco Products to assess daily administrative fines of up to $20,678 per day against distributors, wholesalers, and retail chains selling unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
- **FDA Import Alert #99-43**: "Detention Without Physical Examination of Tobacco Products." Placed unauthorized overseas disposable e-cigarette manufacturers on the Red List for immediate port-of-entry impoundment.
- **FD&C Act Part 607**: Foreign facility registration regulations requiring overseas contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) producing synthetic nicotine to submit electronic site identification and annual registration.
- **State Certified Vapor Directories**: Mandatory state-level legislation (enacted in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Utah, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Alabama) prohibiting wholesalers from selling any vapor or pouch SKU not explicitly certified on the state attorney general or revenue department registry.

## Licensing Architecture & Tiers

1. **Compliance ($99/mo / $79/mo annual)**: Designed for single-state retail operators and independent brokers. Includes web terminal lookup, daily morning compliance email wire, FDA warning letters, and state registry tables.
2. **Wholesale ($399/mo / $319/mo annual)**: Designed for multi-state wholesale distributors, warehouse operations directors, and logistics teams. Includes automated ERP shipping lockout CSV/JSON export feeds, Apprise multi-channel human push notifications (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, SMS), and automated audit trails.
3. **Institutional ($1,999/mo / $1,599/mo annual)**: Designed for long/short equity hedge funds, commodity trading desks, and manufacturers. Includes Svix enterprise developer webhooks (HMAC-SHA256 signatures, exponential backoff retries, delivery logs), zero-rate-limit REST APIs, SEC EDGAR Item 2.02 ZYN pouch volume scraping, dedicated email support, and dedicated solutions engineering.

## Corporate Identity

- **Operating Entity**: Half Radiation, LLC
- **Jurisdiction**: Delaware, United States
- **MCC Classification**: MCC 2741 / 5968 (Digital Information Services & B2B Compliance Software Only)
- **Official Contact**: research@nicotinewire.com
- **Legal Counsel Disclaimers**: Informational intelligence and data telemetry only; not formal legal counsel. Wholesale customers retain sole responsibility for physical shipments under UCC guidelines.