Mocksville, North Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - April 15, 2024) - 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XXII), a tobacco products company focused on nicotine harm reduction, today announced that it will present at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024 on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 3:30 PM Pacific Time.

To access the live presentation, please use the following information:Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024Time: 3:30 PM Pacific TimeWebcast: https://ir.xxiicentury.com/

Management will also host individual investor meetings on Thursday, May 2, 2024, as part of its participation in the conference. Investors can register online at https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/signup and request a meeting time with the Company. Meetings will be scheduled and conducted in person at the conference venue, Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

The Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024 website is available here: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/

If you can't make the live presentation, all company presentations "webcasts" will be available directly on the conference event platform on this link under the tab "Agenda": https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/agenda.

About 22nd Century Group, Inc.22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XXII) is an agricultural biotechnology company focused on tobacco harm reduction, reduced nicotine tobacco and improving health and wellness through plant science. With dozens of patents allowing it to control nicotine biosynthesis in the tobacco plant, the Company has developed proprietary reduced nicotine content (RNC) tobacco plants and cigarettes, which have become the cornerstone of the FDA's Comprehensive Plan to address the widespread death and disease caused by smoking. The Company received the first and only FDA Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) authorization for a combustible cigarette in December 2021. 22nd Century uses modern plant breeding technologies, including genetic engineering, gene-editing, and molecular breeding to deliver solutions for the life science and consumer products industries by creating new, proprietary plants with optimized alkaloid and flavonoid profiles as well as improved yields and valuable agronomic traits.

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Investor Relations & Media ContactMatt KrepsInvestor Relations22nd Century Groupmkreps@xxiicentury.com214-597-8200

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