Day: December 24, 2021

FDA Authorizes Marketing of 22nd Century Group’s VLN® as a Modified Risk Tobacco Product

VLN® Cigarettes VLN® Is World’s First and Only Combustible Cigarette to Receive FDA MRTP Designation FDA Adds Evidence-Based, Headline Claim “Helps You Smoke Less” to Company’s Requested Claims VLN® 95% Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes to Launch in the U.S. Within 90 Days VLN® to Launch Outside the U.S. in First Quarter 2022 BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. […]

US to Lift Travel Ban on 8 Southern African Countries

The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year’s Eve, the White House announced Friday.The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.The Nov. 29 ban barred near…

34 South African Youth Die During Initiation Rites

Instead of celebrating their sons’ coming-of-age, this month 34 families in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province are mourning their deaths.At least 34 young men have died this month during traditional initiation to manhood rites. The country’s cultural…