22nd Century says FDA cites VLN as complying with new tobacco product standard

22nd Century (XXII) Group remarked on the publication of a proposed new Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would set a maximum nicotine content of 0.7 mg nicotine per gram of tobacco in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products and take effect in two years from final approval. “22nd Century’s VLN products – the only combustible cigarettes authorized by the FDA as a reduced nicotine content product – already comply with this standard and are available in more than 5,000 stores across the country,” the company stated. “After 26 years of commitment to nicotine harm reduction, the FDA is now clearing the path for commercial adoption of our very important VLN reduced nicotine content tobacco products in what could be the most game-changing public health policy of a generation,” added Larry Firestone, Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Group.