US: 22nd Century Group Signs Letter of Intent With European Factory For Production of Nicotine-Free Tobacco Cigarettes in Europe

Source from:  Finanzen.net  05/30/2014

22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XXII) today announced that its subsidiary, Goodrich Tobacco Company LLC, signed a letter of intent with Orion, a cigarette manufacturer based in Poland, to contract manufacture the Company's proprietary tobacco products to be distributed in the European Union.

Goodrich Tobacco will export its proprietary tobacco from the United States to Orion. Orion will manufacture the finished cigarettes under the brands owned by Goodrich Tobacco. Initially, Orion will manufacture one of Goodrich's signature products: GOLD MAGIC?, the world's lowest nicotine tobacco cigarette.

Henry Sicignano III, President of Goodrich and 22nd Century, stated, "We are thrilled to be working with such a dynamic, entrepreneurial tobacco manufacturer. The virtually nicotine-free GOLD MAGIC brand contains approximately 97% less nicotine than typical 'light' cigarettes, yet GOLD MAGIC cigarettes look, smoke, and taste like conventional cigarettes." Independent laboratory results confirmed that the average nicotine yield per GOLD MAGIC cigarette is 0.037 milligram per cigarette, a small fraction of the nicotine yield of conventional cigarette brands.

Previously, Goodrich entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Wilshire Marketing BV for the GOLD MAGIC brand in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg, known as "Benelux." Wilshire recently concluded packaging design and intends to begin distribution of GOLD MAGIC cigarettes this summer in Benelux. Enditem