And thats not all: additional forest areas are cleared to open up new fields, because tobacco requires a lot of nutrients, so the soils are leached such an extent that new fields are needed after two to three years
Once again, a planter relied on his experience to know when the tobacco was ready to be removed from the sticks on which it hung, a process known as striking. [17] At last, when the tobacco was ready, and preferably during a period of damp weather, workers struck the tobacco and laid the leaves on the floor of the tobacco barn to sweat for somewhere between a week or two
The decision will still take years before becoming a reality and could just end up being a restriction on marketing or advertising, or a maximum limit on the amount of menthol allowed in cigarettes
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