22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:XXII), the only low nicotine tobacco company in the world, today highlighted the findings of a scientific assessment published by ANSES, France's National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, which identifies nicotine reduction in combustible tobacco products as a promising public health initiative and points to 22nd Century's technology as the only commercially available production path for reduced nicotine content combustible cigarettes.