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22nd Century Group (Nasdaq: XXII) Reports Business Highlights and Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2022
Accelerating VLN® Sales in Colorado and Illinois, Launching in Four Corners States to Capture Market Share and VolumeGVB Biopharma Acquisition Growing Revenue
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[{"type":"text","content":"Accelerating VLN® Sales in Colorado and Illinois, Launching in Four Corners States to Capture Market Share and VolumeGVB Biopharma Acquisition Growing Revenue on Increased VolumesThird Quarter Net Sales $19.4 Million, Up 148% from the Third Quarter 2021Strong Balance Sheet to Support Strategic Initiatives Including Accelerated VLN® Expansion BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XXII), a leading agricultural biotechnology company dedicated to improving health with reduced nicotine tobacco, hemp/cannabis, and hops advanced plant technologies, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, and provided an update on recent business highlights. The Company will host a live audio webcast today at 10:00 a.m. E.T. James A. Mish, Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Group, stated: “The past few months have demonstrated tremendous commercial progress in 22nd Century’s reduced nicotine tobacco and hemp/cannabis businesses. Our VLN® product launch has expanded from the exceptional pilot in Chicago to now five states. We plan to expand that base to as many as 18 states over the next twelve months. Doing so would give us access to more than half the $80 billion U.S. tobacco market and position us in most, if not all, of the states that have enacted MRTP excise tax provisions favorable to our unique product authorization. Even just a 1% share, which we view as eminently achievable based on our pilot results, would be transformative to our revenue line. The FDA is also continuing to advance its interests in transformative menthol and reduced nicotine policies, and 22nd Century is positioned at the forefront of this opportunity with the only MRTP authorized 95% reduced nicotine combustible cigarette and years of clinical research documenting the benefits of our products. “We also reported our first full quarter of hemp/cannabis revenue benefitting from the acquisition of GVB Biopharma this spring. We are now the largest merchant market supplier of CBD in North America and positioned to grow that stake even further. We are moving quickly to complete the startup of our new Prineville crude extraction plant and secure additional certifications for our facilities that will further differentiate our products and make us the premier supplier of hemp-derived extracts and ingredien...