Investor Presentation
22ND CENTURY ENTERS LARGE GLOBAL HOPS MARKET
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22nd Century is leveraging its experience with tobacco and hemp/cannabis, a close hop
relative, to accelerate the development of proprietary specialty hop varieties or valuable traits.
Industry reliance on high-risk traditional breeding techniques
ripe for disruption with new accelerated molecular breeding
technologies and gene-editing tools
Leveraging research findings from closely related
hemp/cannabis plants supports the development
of specialty hop varieties with:
▪ Enhanced yield, disease resistance, and other
advantageous agronomic traits
▪ Distinctive aroma, flavor, nutraceutical,
and medicinal properties
Significant European market and new European subsidiary
support geographic expansion and provide additional
growth opportunities for the Company's tobacco and
hemp/cannabis operations
22ND CENTURY GROUP
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