22nd Century Group, Inc. is an agricultural biotechnology company. The Company is focused on tobacco harm reduction, reduced nicotine tobacco and improving health and wellness through plant science. Additionally, the Company provide contract manufacturing services for conventional combustible tobacco products for third-party brands. The Company operates through a single segment named Tobacco. Its tobacco segment is engaged in contract manufacturing organization (CMO) customer contracts that consist of obligations to manufacture the customers’ branded filtered cigars and cigarettes. The tobacco segment is engaged in the sale of its reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarettes, sold under the brand name VLN, or research cigarettes sold under the brand name SPECTRUM. It uses plant breeding technologies, including genetic engineering, gene-editing, and molecular breeding to deliver solutions for the life science and consumer products.