secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII)
CIK:        0001347858
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-01T12:00:25+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-040928
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226040928/0001493152-26-040928-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1347858/000149315226040928/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-040928

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