Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 9/25/17


British American Tobacco PLC said Monday it is ending a low-nicotine traditional cigarette development partnership with 22nd Century Group Inc. The decision makes 22nd Century, based in Clarence, N.Y., a free agent in the reduced-risk industry sector — a reality it embraced. It has 70 employees at a Mocksville production plant.

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