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22nd Century Continuing Development of its Smoking Cessation Aid; Independent Review of Clinical Trials Involving Very Low Nicotine Cigarettes is Encouraging  

22nd Century Limited, LLC ("22nd Century") is pleased to announce that it is continuing development of a very low nicotine cigarette for use in smoking cessation. Clinical trial results demonstrate that these cigarettes, also referred to as 'nicotine-free' and 'denicotinized,' may be more effective for quitting than FDA-approved therapies.

22nd Century's vice-president of research and development, Michael R. Moynihan, Ph.D. recently presented an overview of clinical investigations using very low nicotine (VLN) cigarettes in promoting smoking cessation in a presentation entitled, "Smoking with Reduced Reward as an Aid to Cessation" at the Visiongain 3rd Annual Smoking Cessation Conference in Philadelphia.

Separately, an independent review of using reduced-nicotine cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid will appear in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. "Further investigation of RNCs as a cessation aid is warranted," concludes the authors, Drs. Natalie Walker and Chris Bullen of the Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland and Dr. Hayden McRobbie, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.

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