---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-040928"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XXII"
cik: "0001347858"
company_name: "22nd Century Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-01T12:00:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-01T12:05:22.927108+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 22nd Century targets ~5,000 retail outlets by year-end; same-store sales up 10%/mo

## Summary
- Products in ~2,000 US retail outlets today; company targets ~5,000 by year-end 2026.
- Same-store sales growing monthly since Jan 2026; volume up avg 10% per month in non-promotion periods.
- Active VLN® user trial exceeds 5,000 cases and continues to grow monthly.
- Pinnacle Pure launched alongside Pinnacle VLN®; entering California, metro NY, and northern NJ retail trials.
- Q4 2026 digital convenience platform planned for direct-to-consumer home delivery; gross margin shift underway in Q3 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-040928
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XXII
- cik: 0001347858
- company_name: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-01T12:00:25+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226040928/0001493152-26-040928-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226040928/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-040928.txt

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