22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

[futurethr]

The Legacy Foundation? Seriously? They are one of the biggest anti-tobacco organizations around. Of course they are going to conduct a "study" in favor of a low nicotine mandate. How big was the study? Was it a "survey" of random folks, and if so, how many people were surveyed after being nudged into the "right" direction/answer? I'd be curious to know. A mandate such as what's being proposed here would accomplish nothing for public health while managing to make things worse by encouraging growth in what has already become a burgeoning black market. Smokers will suffer as a result. A more honest approach would be to acknowledge that most smokers would in fact prefer a higher nicotine/reduced risk cigarette, with a small segment of the smoker population being willing to try (not by mandate) a lowered nicotine cigarette. From what I understand, XXII is attempting to provide both, rather than one or the other.