22nd Century Delivers 3.6 Million Variable Nicotine Content Research Cigarettes for Independent Scientific Studies - Seite 3

The Company believes that it is in the final stages of the FDA’s application process to obtain an Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) designation for VLN. The delivery of these research cigarettes is to support the nicotine cap mandate and is unrelated to 22nd Century’s MRTP application for VLN. The designation will allow 22nd Century to communicate key features of VLN King and VLN Menthol King, including the headline claim of “95% less nicotine.” Although VLN contains just 0.5 milligrams of nicotine per gram of tobacco, VLN tastes, smells, and smokes like a conventional cigarette. This disruptive product is an innovative alternative to addictive, conventional cigarettes and will help adult smokers reduce their exposure to nicotine. 22nd Century is fully prepared and eager to launch its VLN cigarettes within 90 days of receiving authorization from the FDA and believes that an MRTP designation will serve as a catalyst for its VLN brand and tobacco franchise. The Company remains willing to license its RNC tobacco technology to every cigarette manufacturer, including Altria, Reynolds American, and other Big Tobacco companies, so that the entire industry can join 22nd Century’s effort to reduce the harm caused by smoking and protect future generations from ever becoming addicted to cigarettes.

About 22nd Century Group, Inc.
22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII) is a leading plant biotechnology company focused on technologies that alter the level of nicotine in tobacco plants and the level of cannabinoids in hemp/cannabis plants through genetic engineering, gene-editing, and modern plant breeding. 22nd Century’s primary mission in tobacco is to reduce the harm caused by smoking through the Company’s proprietary reduced nicotine content tobacco cigarettes – containing 95% less nicotine than conventional cigarettes. The Company’s primary mission in hemp/cannabis is to develop and commercialize proprietary hemp/cannabis plants with valuable cannabinoid profiles and desirable agronomic traits.

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