22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE: XXII)

22nd Century Group, Inc., a plant biotechnology company, provides technology that allows increasing or decreasing the level of nicotine and other nicotinic alkaloids in tobacco plants, and cannabinoids in hemp/cannabis plants through genetic engineering and plant breeding. It offers premium cigarettes under the RED SUN and MAGIC brands; and SPECTRUM, a line of research cigarettes for use in independent clinical studies. The company’s products under development include BRAND A, a very low nicotine cigarette; X-22, a tobacco-based botanical medical product for use as an aid to smoking cessation; and BRAND B, a low-tar-to-nicotine ratio cigarette. In addition, it engages in contract manufacturing business for third-party branded tobacco products. The company has scientific collaborations with the University of Virginia and Anandia Laboratories, Inc. to develop proprietary hemp strains with less than 0.3% dry weight content of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. 22nd Century Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Williamsville, New York.