22nd Century Group's Reduced-Nicotine Tobacco Platform Positioned to Support France's Nicotine-Reduction Initiative

Independent French health agency ANSES recommends a maximum nicotine limit for all combustible tobacco product; the Company's supply now includes non-GMO reduced-nicotine tobacco, addressing a key feasibility question for France and the EU

MOCKSVILLE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XXII), the only low nicotine tobacco company in the world, today highlighted the findings of a scientific assessment published by ANSES, France's National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, which identifies nicotine reduction in combustible tobacco products as a promising public health initiative and points to 22nd Century's technology as the only commercially available production path for reduced nicotine content combustible cigarettes.