22nd Century wins deal to make cigarettes for Smoker Friendly tobacco chain

 

 

(BN) 22nd Century Group, the Clarence cigarette manufacturer whose stock is under siege from short sellers, said Friday that it has signed a deal to produce private-label cigarettes for an 800-store tobacco products chain. ...
Henry Sicignano III, 22nd Century’s president, said he expects the hundreds of the Smoker Friendly stores to carry the “super premium” Red Sun cigarettes that the company plans to start making and selling once the company is approved as a participating member of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement between the tobacco industry and 46 states. Continued