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I agree it's not going to make much of a difference.
But wanted to put it out there nonetheless....
First time posting here I think, but check the board almost daily
FDA Law Blog - “Petition to Bar Hydroponic Operations from Organic Certification”
The question of whether hydroponic operations are eligible for organic certification in the United States has been debated since 1995. In most countries, such as Mexico and Canada, and regions, such as the EU, organic certification cannot be extended to crops not grown in soil. However, in the United States, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has historically taken the position that such operations are eligible for certification as long as they comply with the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations. Now, organic hydroponic agriculture is facing a new challenge.
http://www.fdalawblog.net/2019/01/petition-to-bar-hydroponic-operations-from-organic-certification/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FdaLawBlog+%28FDA+Law+Blog%29
California lawmakers propose cannabis tax cuts to curb the state’s black market
Great move!.....
https://mjbizdaily.com/california-lawmakers-propose-cannabis-tax-cuts-to-curb-the-states-black-market/
Israel becomes third country to allow exports of medical marijuana
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/israel-becomes-third-country-to-allow-exports-of-medical-marijuana-2019-01-27
More and more states legalizing..The genie is out of the bottle.
These 10 States Are Most Likely To Pass Marijuana Legalization Bills In 2019
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/the-10-states-marijuana-legalization-bills-most-likely-to-pass-in-2019/
FDA's opioids adviser accuses agency of having 'direct' link to crisis
Exclusive: head of Food and Drug Administration’s opioid advisory team says officials are manipulating process to benefit big pharma
the FDA had “learned much from the harmful impact” that prescription opioids have had.
patents? we would know about it...
trade secrets?? well that's a secret......
How likely is it that Big Tobacco has patents or trade secrets that can lower nicotine using newer GE methods like zinc finger, talen, and Crispr?
Brooklynn hope this help
https://fintel.io/so/us/xxii
How long can Congress keep pretending marijuana legalization isn’t the norm?
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-congress-legalize-marijuana-0118-20190118-mg6sv6yiszebhjua5fqw4zvovu-story.html?outputType=amp
First Senate Marijuana Bill Of 2019 Would Force Study On Medical Cannabis For Veterans
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/first-senate-marijuana-bill-of-2019-would-force-study-on-medical-cannabis-for-veterans/
Thanks for posting..
I like that
"The FDA has concluded that the level of addiction it is seeing among youthful e-cigarette users is so disturbing and so unprecedented that it needs to at least ask whether we need a solution that goes beyond what we ever did with cigarettes,"
But some in attendance think the FDA should have focused the hearing on preventing kids from picking up vapes in the first place.
"I believe FDA posed the wrong questions for today's meeting," said Lauren Lempert, a law and policy specialist for the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.
Instead of debating the role of nicotine replacement and drug therapies, the agency "should be focusing on policies that will prevent youth initiation with e-cigarettes and addiction to nicotine,"
Here is a different version and with the link...
Japan Tobacco ratchets up smokeless war with new products
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T) on Thursday unveiled two “heat-not-burn” products, as it races against market leader Philip Morris International Inc (PM.N) for a larger share of the vaping space with conventional cigarettes steadily falling out of favor.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-tobacco-products/japan-tobacco-ratchets-up-smokeless-war-with-new-products-idUSKCN1PB090
"Noname" Completely agree with you and thanks for the posts.
LXRP is in the completely opposite and dying business of XXII,
They are in the oral nicotine delivery business and we are in the lowering the nicotine content business..
From the article..
The tobacco/nicotine industry stands at an interesting point in history. While the negative side-effects of smoking have reduced cigarette volumes, many existing smokers don’t have a viable alternative that delivers nicotine quickly enough into the bloodstream. Rising cigarette prices are quickly pushing these consumers, which spend upwards of $680 billion per year, toward alternatives, like e-cigarettes or potentially new edible nicotine products. Demand for alternatives is skyrocketing: private e-cig company JUUL has current monthly revenue of US$200 million and has been growing at more than 600% per annum for three years.
For consumers craving nicotine, speed matters, and DehydraTECHTM delivered 317% more nicotine within 30 minutes than the non tech-enhanced control.
Lower the nicotine and eventually you lower the craving for nicotine...
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/08/13/1550873/0/en/CFN-Exclusive-Interview-Lexarias-DehydraTECH-Could-Transform-the-680-Billion-Tobacco-Industry-CFN-Media.html
Cannabis Trade Federation hires 15 DC lobbyists to push for federal marijuana law reform
Great! Cannabis business is finally getting organized!
Also more states legalizing, more politicians climbing on board the Marijuana train,2019 will be the year..
https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-trade-federation-hires-lobbyists-marijuana-law-reform/
New Congressional Bill Would Enshrine Rescinded Marijuana Memo Into Federal Law
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-congressional-bill-would-enshrine-rescinded-marijuana-memo-into-federal-law/
here is another link
and some of the comments are really worth reading...very entertaining if they were not so serious and if it wasn't such a serious issue.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3422560-ny-wants-raise-tobacco-e-cig-age-21
Gov. Cuomo Wants to Raise Age to Buy Tobacco, E-Cigarettes to 21
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cuomo-Wants-to-Raise-Age-to-Buy-Tobacco-E-Cigarettes-504268581.html
OT but interesting reading
Memorial Sloan Kettering Curbs Executives’ Ties to Industry After Conflict-of-Interest Scandals
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/science/memorial-sloan-kettering-conflicts-boards.html
kjkaro thanks for your comments, I did more research and yes most of what you find about synthetic nicotine is dated 2016 and since nothing new about it but it is still a very interesting subject to read about and especially when you are invested in XXII, I always look at both sides of the coins in anything, including investing.
Here are a couple of links that I found, the second one is interesting.
https://www.vapingpost.com/2017/01/04/next-generation-labs-certify-authenticity-of-synthetic-nicotine-in-ejuices/
ALSO
FDA ‘clarifies’ stance on synthetic nicotine as a tobacco product
When the FDA deeming regulations were first announced in May of 2016, the vaping industry was shocked to learn that the agency considers e-cigs and vaping technology to be classified as “tobacco products.” While many of the flavored e-liquids used in these devices happen to contain nicotine, they are also 100% tobacco-free. And nicotine is not necessarily synonymous with tobacco.
Lots of other plants contain nicotine, including eggplant, potatoes, and tomatoes. So, one forward-thinking company named Next Generation Labs decided to test the FDA’s logic.
What if they created a synthetic nicotine made from tomatoes rather than the tobacco plant? And what if they sold this synthetic nicotine to e-liquid manufacturers nationwide? Would the related e-cigs, e-liquids, and vaping gear still be classified as tobacco products?
https://www.vapes.com/blogs/news/fda-clarifies-stance-on-synthetic-nicotine-as-a-tobacco-product
Federal Officials Recognize How Marijuana’s Legal Status Blocks Research, Documents Show
Federal government officials openly acknowledged that cannabis’s restrictive federal classification inhibits progress on necessary medical and public health research during a workshop last month, according to presentation materials obtained by Marijuana Moment.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/federal-officials-recognize-how-marijuanas-legal-status-inhibits-research-documents-show/
More here
E-Cigs Are Going Tobacco-Free With Synthetic Nicotine
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/vaping-industry-wants-go-post-tobacco-synthetic-nicotine/
Most Medical Marijuana Patients Stop Or Reduce Pharmaceutical Use With Cannabis, Survey Finds
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/most-medical-marijuana-patients-stop-or-reduce-pharmaceutical-use-with-cannabis-survey-finds/
Marijuana Legalization Bills Already Filed In Half A Dozen Red States For 2019 Sessions
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-legalization-bills-already-filed-in-half-a-dozen-red-states-for-2019-sessions/?fbclid=IwAR3JHIokyfx-hTofMjfIOwpRytj-OIoPdCA6gW-lm7bHoo7XwNfhxz2eFjQ
Andre Calantzopoulos, CEO of Phillip Morris International, told the channel: “If we stop selling cigarettes, somebody else is going to sell them because people buy them
Read Congress’s New H.R. 420 Marijuana Bill
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-congressional-marijuana-bill-is-actually-numbered-h-r-420/
New Congressional Cannabis Caucus Takes Shape
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-congressional-cannabis-caucus-takes-shape/
This is a 5 months old article but don't remember seing it)
What do you think?
Cronos Partners With Ginkgo to Develop Lab-Grown Cannabis
Why grow marijuana when you can create its most potent molecules in a lab?
Cannabis producer Cronos Group Inc. is partnering with Ginkgo Bioworks Inc. in a $122 million deal to genetically engineer the active compounds in marijuana. Ginkgo, which counts Bayer AG, Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Cargill Inc. among its partners, will work with Cronos to identify rare cannabinoids that appear in tiny quantities in the plant, extract the DNA and produce them in a lab. Cronos shares gained as much as 16 percent Tuesday in early trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
It’s like going into “a foot race with a Formula One race car,” Mike Gorenstein, chief executive officer of Toronto-based Cronos, said in a phone interview.
Boston-based Ginkgo, which has a 100,000-square-foot lab in the city, got its start creating scents for the fragrance industry. In a process similar to brewing beer, it takes the DNA code that makes a rose smell like a rose, for example, and transfers it into brewer’s yeast.
“Now when you brew it up in that same brewery, instead of beer coming out, rose oil will come out,” said Jason Kelly, CEO of closely held Ginkgo, who has a PhD in bio-engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It’s cheaper, it’s not subject to weather conditions, the price isn’t all over the place, it’s not different if you grow it in Morocco or somewhere else, it’s just a much better product.”
The technology’s application to the cannabis industry is clear, said Gorenstein. For example, a compound called tetrahydrocannabivarin, or THCV, acts as an appetite suppressant, potentially offsetting the “munchies” effect of pot. It appears in very small quantities in the cannabis plant, making it difficult and expensive to produce at scale. Using Ginkgo’s technology, pure THCV can be produced in a lab.
“Being able to consistently and efficiently produce high-purity cannabinoids, that’s the holy grail,” Gorsenstein said.
Cronos will give Ginkgo about $22 million to fund research and development, and will issue up to $100 million worth of common shares in tranches as it achieves certain production milestones.
The deal comes after Cronos was hit by short-seller Citron Research, which questioned its valuation, distribution agreements with provinces, limited international sales and its lack of R&D spending. Some analysts dismissed the report, calling it “unfounded and biased.”
Cronos’s shares tumbled 28 percent Thursday before rebounding 8.8 percent to C$12.81 Friday for a market value of C$2.27 billion ($1.74 billion).
“We are in the early innings of a global paradigm shift and our focus is and will continue to be on our business and on creating long-term value,not on short term stock movements and volatility,” spokeswoman Anna Shlimak said in an emailed statement on the stock’s volatility.
Kelly said Ginkgo met with several other cannabis companies and chose Cronos because it treats the industry as a technology venture rather than an agricultural business.
“They hadn’t spent a zillion dollars buying out too many farms. Their focus is to get the right stuff and make it the most efficiently with the highest purity,” he said. “The reality is that brewery economics is going to wipe the floor with farming economics.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/cronos-partners-with-ginkgo-to-develop-lab-grown-cannabis
I brought up my pessimism about Gottlieb on the early news of the possible mandate due to his ties with e cigs
Dr. Gottlieb was disconcerted by the commitments the companies made
So let’s recap
XXII can lower nicotine in cigarettes ONLY (VLN)
FDA about to pass VLN tobacco law
Altria buy part of Juul to deliver nicotine to smokers so they would not be or be less affected by VLN cigarettes law…same poison just different delivery system.
Do I get that right?
So FDA needs to go after vaping too….
Which is what Brooklyn13 was wondering to in his last post.
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I haven't been keeping up, but here it is:
Can our VLN be adapted for use in JUUL?
This is part of what I read somewhere, so I'm wondering:
"The liquid in JUUL pods contain nicotine salts from tobacco leaves.
China National Tobacco plans IPO
for international unit
Jan. 2, 2019 4:08 AM ET|By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor
China National Tobacco, a state monopoly that accounts for 40% of global cigarette production, is planning to list its international unit in Hong Kong.
China Tobacco International is primarily responsible for procuring overseas tobacco leaf for the cigarette giant, which has a bigger market share than the next five global tobacco companies combined.
Other IPOs to look forward to in 2019 include Uber and Lyft.
Related: PM, BTI, MO, OTCQX:IMBBY, OTCPK:JAPAY
Week 1 Breakout Forecast 2019
22nd Century Group (XXII) - Healthcare / Biotechnology
Price Target: 3.20
Dec-27-18 01:02PM
22nd Century Files Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) Application with the FDA for the Companys Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Business Wire
Dec-21-18 06:07AM
Does 22nd Century Group, Inc.s (NYSEMKT:XXII) CEO Pay Matter? Simply Wall St.
Dec-20-18 04:49PM
22nd Centurys Low-THC Cannabis sativa L. Research Activities Receive Legislative Boost Business Wire
22nd Century Group, Inc., a plant biotechnology company, provides technology that allows increasing or decreasing the level of nicotine and other nicotinic alkaloids in tobacco plants, and cannabinoids in hemp/cannabis plants through genetic engineering and plant breeding. It offers premium cigarettes under the RED SUN and MAGIC brands; and SPECTRUM, a line of research cigarettes for use in independent clinical studies.
Caution: These stocks are not necessarily recommended for long term buy/hold unless you are comfortable with very large price swings. These are the most volatile selections I offer from among all the different Value & Momentum portfolios.
I think these breakout stocks will serve you well in 2019 as the momentum conditions start to improve. I hope you all do well with these stocks and always diversify to minimize some of the market risks.
All the very best and have a great week of trading!
Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in IMMY, XXII over the next 72 hours.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4230734-week-1-breakout-forecast-2019-year-review-analysis-new-stock-picks?ifp=0&app=1
Thanks
There will always be two sides of the story.
There will always be the believers and the non believers.
The Longs and the shorts.
Is the glass half full or half empty.
May we all find out in 2019 where the story is taking us and if we were right or wrong !
For me actually the point is not if I am right or wrong but to stick to what I believe at the time.
Happy 2019 XXII and All
And VLN cigarettes will be much safer and healthier than vaping !
and PLEASE don't ask me for PROOF!
Happy ending of the old year and happy new-year to ALL
PROOF: Vaping much healtier than Smoking
actually no comparison because vaping is so much better for you
than smoking no matter the nicotine content.
Great about the filing today
but the FDA will be slowing down...
As Partial Shutdown Continues, FDA Prepares To Furlough Employees
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/24/679820514/as-partial-shutdown-continues-fda-prepares-to-furlough-employees
Will that affect us?
Crystal-Gazing For The New Year: 2019 Predictions For The Legal Weed Business
https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2018/12/24/crystal-gazing-for-the-new-year-2019-predictions-for-the-legal-weed-business/amp/
From Sendme last post..
Well looks like we are close to it... :(
I would expect the $2 area to hold as support if it even gets that low.
Another version...
FDA To Take Steps Toward Allowing CBD Products Following Hemp Legalization
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/fda-announced-take-steps-allow-businesses-legally-market-cbd-products/
Farm Bill Creates Legal Framework for Hemp, But Challenges Remain
December 21, 2018
http://www.fdalawblog.net/2018/12/farm-bill-creates-legal-framework-for-hemp-but-challenges-remain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FdaLawBlog+%28FDA+Law+Blog%29
Yes it's all coming together now albeit rather slowly