Company: XXII
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-029651
Chunk: 1

Company: 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-30
Form: DEF 14A
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daq Listing Rules, subject to the Board’s discretion to abandon such amendment (Proposal  
 1).                                                                                                                                |
| 2.  | To                                                                                                                                 
 approve sections of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred”) that could cause shares of common          
 stock to be issued below the Nasdaq Minimum Price in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules (Proposal 2).                            |
| 3.  | To                                                                                                                                 
 approve an amendment to 10,028,302 outstanding warrants issued in August 2025 to add anti-dilution provisions (the “August         
 Warrants”) in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules (Proposal 3).                                                                   |
| 4.  | To                                                                                                                                 
 approve a potential future offering in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules (Proposal 4).                                          |
| 5.  | To                                                                                                                                 
 approve the adjournment of the meeting, if necessary or advisable, to solicit additional proxies in favor of Proposals 1, 2, 3 or  
 4 (Proposal 5).                                                                                                                    |

The stockholders of record at the close of business on January 2, 2026 will be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Lawrence D. Firestone

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: December 30, 2025

| PROXY STATEMENT | ii |

MEETING INFORMATION:

| DATE:  | Friday,                                                                     
 February 20, 2026                                                           |
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| TIME:  | 10:00                                                                       
 A.M., Eastern Time                                                          |
| PLACE: | The                                                                         
 meeting will be held at 5200 N. Mesa St., Suite B104, El Paso, Texas 79912. |

HOW TO VOTE:

Your vote is important. You are eligible to vote if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on January 2, 2026.

| BY                           
 INTERNET                     
 www.proxyvote.com            |
| BY                           
 PHONE                        
 Call                         
 1.800.690.6903               |
| BY                           
 MAIL                         
 Complete,                    
 sign and return by free post |
| IN                           
 PERSON                       
 Attend                       
 the Special Meeting          |

| PROXY STATEMENT | iii |

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| Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Special Meeting Procedures                              |  1 |
| Proposal                                                                                     
 One: APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO EFFECT THE REVERSE STOCK S