VLN^®, a cigarette with 95% less nicotine than conventional cigarettes, is now available for the 75% of Colorado smokers that are willing to switch brands to help them cut back 

DENVER, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new survey of 500 Colorado adults who smoke assessed the state of cigarettes in Colorado and found 74 percent were interested in quitting, and 87 percent see cutting back as a pivotal step in that process. The survey was conducted by Wakefield Research for 22nd Century Group, Inc., which has launched a new product in Colorado that is now available for adults looking to smoke less.

Despite continually ranking as one of the healthiest states in the country, more than 12% of adults in Colorado still smoke and more than 5,000 people in the state continue to die each year from smoking highly addictive cigarettes, with higher incidence of smoking among rural and vulnerable communities.

Motivations to Quit and Past Attempts
When survey respondents were asked why they wanted to quit smoking, the most common responses were to save money (74 percent), improve their physical health (71 percent) and because family or friends asked them to stop (42 percent). However, quitting has proven to be a challenge for many Coloradans who smoke, with respondents who have tried at least once noting an average of five past quit attempts. The most common method used for trying to quit was going cold turkey (58 percent), followed closely by cutting back gradually (55 percent), nicotine patches (47 percent) and nicotine gum (42 percent).

Obstacles to Quitting 
So, why can’t many Coloradans give up cigarettes? Cravings for the experience of smoking was a top reason respondents with at least one quit attempt were triggered to start smoking again. Plus, the top three challenges that kept Coloradans from trying to quit — or being successful in their quit attempts — were:

• Inability to handle stress without smoking (57 percent)
• Constant cravings for nicotine (55 percent)
• Unable to break free from the habit and experience of smoking (46 percent)

While quitting for good is clearly the best option for people’s health, this may not be within reach for many, based on findings from this survey. However, many Coloradans who smoke consider cutting back a step in the right direction. In fact, 87 percent of those surveyed said that significantly cutting back on how often they smoke would make them more confident in their ability to quit smoking completely.

New Option in Colorado for Cutting Back 
For Coloradans looking to cut back but haven’t had success with other products, VLN^® cigarettes — the first and only combustible tobacco cigarettes to receive a Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) designation by the FDA, which contain minimal or non-addictive levels of nicotine — are now available statewide in Colorado. In fact, Colorado was one of the first states in the country to reduce taxes on MRTP products and the second Master Settlement Agreement state to approve listing VLN^® for sale.

“Our study found that the vast majority of survey participants said even just cutting back is considered a win and that’s exactly what our VLN^® cigarettes are clinically proven to do,” said John Miller, president of 22nd Century Group’s Tobacco Business. “For the 75 percent of Coloradans who smoke who are willing to switch brands to help them cut back, VLN^® cigarettes can be a new tool to help them smoke less, because VLN^® provides the same familiar taste and experience as a regular cigarette.”

While not a cessation product, VLN^® King and VLN^® Menthol King address many of the challenges respondents cited when trying to cut back or quit, including giving up the experience of smoking and inability to handle stress without smoking. VLN^® tastes, smells and burns like a conventional cigarette, giving people the smoking experience they’re craving, but with 95 percent less of the addictive nicotine that keeps people hooked.

Why This Matters Now
With the FDA contemplating a nicotine cap and proposing rules to ban menthol as a flavoring agent for all combustible cigarettes sold in the United States as part of its Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation, VLN^® is the only combustible cigarette on the market today that anticipates future tobacco policy developments in the United States and globally. Colorado is still the first — and only — state where VLN^® cigarettes are available in multiple locations across the state, giving Coloradans who want to cut back a head start on smoking less.

Adult Coloradans who smoke can find VLN^® cigarettes at all Circle K and Smoker Friendly stores throughout the state. People who smoke can also ask staff at any location alcoholic beverages are sold to stock VLN^® . If you are 21 or older, learn more about VLN^®’s revolutionary approach to reducing tobacco harm at tryVLN.com and click on the ‘Store Locator’ to find the nearest location selling VLN^® King and VLN^® Menthol King.

The Colorado Smoking Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research (www.wakefieldresearch.com) among 500 representative Colorado Smokers, ages 21+, between January 4th and January 16th, 2023, using an email invitation and an online survey. The data has been weighted to ensure an accurate representation of smokers in Colorado ages 21+.

About 22nd Century Group, Inc.
22nd Century Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XXII) is a leading 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 of a combustible cigarette in December 2021. In tobacco, hemp/cannabis and hop plants, 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. Learn more at xxiicentury.com, on Twitter, on LinkedIn, and on YouTube.

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In the wake of the booming CBD market, more and more consumers choose hemp flowers, rich in CBD, over other over-processed products from the CBD hemp range.

Smoking hemp flowers can have a very soothing effect, and many people are looking to tap into some of those potential health benefits associated with consuming CBD. Others are just into relaxation and love the taste of an herbal smoke without altering consciousness or getting high.

Whether you’re into smoking hemp for CBD health benefits or you think of it as a perfect recreation, smoking hemp buds might just be what you need. Let’s delve deeper into how CBD-friendly smoking really is.

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The Smoking Hemp Trend

It all started back in 2018 when the 2018 Farm Bill made hemp legal to grow and cultivate. Today, consumers are moving to consume high-CBD hemp flowers rather than other traditional tinctures and CBD oil.

Because there is a wide range of top-quality CBD products available and easily accessible to people worldwide, It’s only common sense that consumers decided to try smoking their CBD buds.

And this is where the one question has arisen: Is smoking hemp flowers a good way to consume CBD?

The majority of these concerned consumers have already witnessed all the fuzz around CBD oil and all the potential therapeutic benefits that go with it. But how about smoking CBD-rich hemp buds? Let’s find out more.

Hemp Flower – A Closer Look

The female hemp cannabis plant produces CBD buds. It is considered to be the essential part of the cannabis plant and the most potent source of the precious phytocannabinoids, including CBD.

CBD can be extracted and processed into a range of different hemp CBD products, most notably, CBD oil. However, in the last couple of years, there is an increasing demand for fresh CBD flowers that is fully smokable.

The plant is rich in CBD, but there are other cannabinoids in hemp buds. While CBD oil can be made from the whole cannabis plant, smokable buds come from hemp flowers only, as they are the most potent source of pure and rich concentrations of CBD. Other cannabinoids include CBC, CBG, CBN, and so on.

While the industrial hemp was mainly bred for producing food, building materials, clothes, seeds, and fiber in the past, modern cultivators use a specific variety of cannabis with low THC and high CBD content for the greatest effect. These varieties help optimize the medicinal value, bringing out the best sides of CBD.

Smoking Hemp Buds – Potential Benefits

According to the consumers of hemp buds, smoking fresh CBD flowers is a real feast for the senses. It has a very distinctive and aromatic taste. Many of these users say it’s the best, most enjoyable way to consume the flower, while it, pretty much, smells, tastes, and looks like marijuana. Let’s see if there are any benefits to smoking hemp.

1. Relaxation

The most significant difference between cannabis and marijuana is that smoking cannabis won’t alter your consciousness or get you high. On the contrary, smoking CBD can be amazingly relaxing, with no psychoactive effects. Unlike THC, CBD leaves the consumer clear-headed.

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2. Quick Results

The most significant benefit of smoking CBD buds is the fact that it starts taking effect almost immediately. Smoking allows the cannabinoids to get into direct contact with the user’s lungs and distribute them all over the body via the bloodstream. The only faster way to get such quick results is by taking CBD intravenously.

Other ways of consuming CBD include edibles and taking CBD sublingually. While other methods eventually provide the wanted effect, smoking CBD flowers is an effective and quick way to calm your mind and body immediately and relax.

3. Higher Bioavailability

Smoking CBD hemp buds significantly increases the bioavailability of the compounds found in hemp. The term refers to the degree and rate at which CBD compounds are absorbed into the bloodstream. The higher the degree and the rate, the more effective the hemp.

The CBD smoking rates of bioavailability can range between 25% and 50%. In other words, smoking CBD allows for faster absorption of the CBD compounds. When compared to other consumption methods, this is rather a great result.

4. It’s Affordable

While THC-rich marijuana is quite expensive and can be accessed in certain countries only, CBD strains containing high levels of CBD and other cannabinoids like terpenes and flavonoids, are much more affordable and accessible.

Conclusion

It all comes down to what you want. And to answer the question – yes, smoking hemp flowers is a good and quite an effective way to get the most out of your CBD. Keep in mind that smoking CBD includes other side effects that are associated with smoking. Other than that, smoking hemp will give you the desired effect, just like any other administration method.