22nd Century Presents Potential Reduced Exposure Tobacco Cigarettes at National Tobacco Science Research Conference
September 24 2015 - 9:04AM
Business Wire
22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XXII), a leader in tobacco
harm reduction, announced that on Monday, September 21, 2015, Dr.
Michael Moynihan, the Company’s Vice President of Research &
Development, made a presentation and served on a panel of industry
experts to discuss 22nd Century Group’s proprietary Very Low
Nicotine cigarettes and the Company’s novel Low Tar-to-Nicotine
Ratio cigarettes at the 69th Tobacco Science Research Conference
(TSRC) held in Naples, Florida.
Titled “Very Low Nicotine Cigarettes and Low Tar-to-Nicotine
Cigarettes as Potential Reduced Exposure Tobacco Products,” Dr.
Moynihan’s presentation explained that because of the wide
acceptance by current smokers (as demonstrated in numerous clinical
trials), Very Low Nicotine tobacco cigarettes and Low
Tar-to-Nicotine Ratio tobacco cigarettes show great promise in
substantially reducing total smoke exposure for smokers in the
United States and around the world.
The Company is preparing its “BRAND A” cigarettes containing
22nd Century’s proprietary Very Low Nicotine tobacco for submission
to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a reduced
exposure tobacco product. Exclusively made from 22nd Century’s
proprietary tobacco, “BRAND A” contains approximately 95% less
nicotine than tobacco in leading U.S. cigarette brands. In a
recently completed independent trial of 840 subjects (CENIC
NCT01681875), smokers were provided over a six week period with
their usual brand or with one of six experimental cigarettes with
different nicotine content that were all produced by the Company.
Smokers provided with cigarettes containing our proprietary Very
Low Nicotine tobacco not only reduced their nicotine intake, but
consumed fewer cigarettes per day than those smokers who were
provided with their usual brand cigarettes. The Very Low Nicotine
cigarette smokers had lower scores on several measures of nicotine
dependence and reported more quit attempts during follow-up.
In 2016, the Company also plans to submit a Modified Risk
Tobacco Product application to the FDA for the Company’s “BRAND B,”
the worlds’ Lowest Tar-to-Nicotine Ratio tobacco cigarette. Unlike
“low tar” brands in the U.S. market (previously labeled as such
before this descriptor was banned by the FDA), the nicotine yield
of “BRAND B” is similar to popular full-flavor brands. Studies of
smokers using Low Tar-to-Nicotine Ratio cigarettes have
demonstrated that smoking behavior changes and the dose of smoke,
including “tar,” inhaled by the smoker is significantly reduced as
compared to the smoke inhaled with conventional cigarettes.
Specifically, compensatory smoking (e.g., more and/or larger puffs
per cigarette) is greatly curtailed in Low Tar-to-Nicotine
cigarettes.
“We are pleased that scientists, public health officials, and
even our peers in the tobacco industry are beginning to recognize
that 22nd Century’s technology represents a true paradigm shift in
the combustible tobacco products market,” said Henry Sicignano,
III, President and Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Group.
“Without “additive-free” implied health claims, gimmicky filters,
or any other scientifically questionable technology, we plan to
introduce to the US market two extraordinary and proprietary
combustible cigarettes that are irrefutably reduced exposure
products. Consumers deserve such important options.”
About 22nd Century Group, Inc.
22nd Century Group is a plant biotechnology company focused on
technology which allows it to increase or decrease the level of
nicotine in tobacco plants through genetic engineering and plant
breeding. The Company’s mission is to reduce the harm caused by
smoking. 22nd Century currently owns or exclusively controls more
than 185 issued patents and more than 50 pending patent
applications around the world. The Company’s strong IP position led
to a licensing agreement with British American Tobacco (“BAT”), the
world’s second largest tobacco company. Visit www.xxiicentury.com
for more information.
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disclosures made by us in our annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2014, filed on February 6, 2015, including
the section entitled “Risk Factors,” and our other reports filed
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