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As low-nicotine cigarettes hit market, anti-smoking groups press for wider standard

A New York-based company could bring its products to 18 states by the end of 2023.

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22nd Century says it used a patent-protected process to control nicotine biosynthesis in the tobacco plant so that an entire pack of the company’s cigarettes has about as much nicotine as one Marlboro. But anti-smoking groups oppose greenlighting just one plant biotech’s products and instead urge federal regulators to set a low-nicotine standard for the entire industry. (22nd Century Group/TNS)
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The first authorized cigarettes with 95% less nicotine than traditional smokes are coming to California, Florida, and Texas in early July, after a year of test-marketing in Illinois and Colorado.
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