22nd Century Group, Inc.

22nd Century Group, Inc. is a tobacco products company focused on allowing cigarette smokers to control their nicotine consumption. The company manufactures and distributes combustible tobacco products with minimally or non-addictive nicotine levels, which are authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for retail sale. They also offer contract manufacturing services for cigarettes and filtered cigars to other tobacco brands. Their primary product, the VLN® cigarette, contains 95% less nicotine than traditional cigarettes and is designed to help reduce nicotine consumption. The company aims to provide adult smokers with the option to avoid addictive levels of nicotine. In December 2021, 22nd Century Group received Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) orders from the FDA for the marketing and sale of their RNC cigarettes, marking the first and only such orders for a combusted tobacco product.