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33 lakh kg of tobacco sold at Karnataka auctions
The Tobacco Board sold around 33 lakh kg of Flue Cured Virginia tobacco at an average of Rs 109.30 a kg at auctions in Karnataka. According to Mr KN Vishakantaiah, Regional Manager, Tobacco Board, this year, prices of tobacco grades are trading higher than last year by Rs 4.25 to Rs 5 a kg. Arrivals at auction platforms are picking … Continue reading
Tobacco-free Weddings in China
The latest tobacco-free wedding campaigns has received less response from Chinese people since leading brands of cigarettes and wines are a must items at wedding banquets, reported Xinhua news agency on Wednesday. Recently, health experts and officers have initiated tobacco-free wedding campaigns nations wide as one of the effective way to raise public awareness. Tobacco is deeply rooted in the … Continue reading
Tobacco dollars dry up in county
Although there is still tobacco in the fields to be picked, Robeson County growers are already calling this year’s projected harvest the worst in a long line of disappointing yields for the crop that was once their most reliable and profitable. Once considered the golden leaf, local farming officials say that tobacco isn’t turning the same profit and is occupying … Continue reading
Chinese primary schools sponsored by tobacco firms
The schools often bear the names of Chinese cigarette brands, such as Zhongnanhai or Liqun, over their gates and in some cases have slogans in the playground. “Talent comes from hard work – Tobacco helps you become talented,” says one slogan, in foot-high gilt letters, on the front of the Sichuan Tobacco Hope Primary School. The school, which was built … Continue reading
Ukrainian Health Ministry proposes all forms of tobacco advertising be banned
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine proposes all forms of tobacco advertising be prohibited, the ministry’s press service has said. “On 4 Sept., 2011 five years had passed since the coming into force for Ukraine of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world’s first international treaty on public health, which was unanimously approved on May 21, … Continue reading
Hurricane Irene damages tobacco crop
efore Hurricane Irene smacked his tender tobacco plants sideways, David Parker was headed for a terrific crop, maybe his best in 32 years of farming. “I’ve never had a year I didn’t make money farming, but I think this will be the one that gets us there,” he said Wednesday, driving up a dirt road between a beaten-down cotton field … Continue reading
Tobacco farmers try to save what’s left of crop
“I can bring tears to your eyes,” Wilson County farmer Wiley Boyette said Sunday night as he talked about what’s left behind of this year’s tobacco crop. Boyette along with his brothers, Michael and Robert, planted 600 acres of tobacco this spring. Of those 600 acres, 45 to 50 have been completely harvested. Leaves on stalks on the remaining acres … Continue reading
Tobacco store opens in Midland
Billy’s Tobacco, 314 South Saginaw Road, opened in June, and sells roll-your-own tobacco products and other smoker’s accessories at discounted prices. The store also offers cigarette cases, chewing tobacco, hookah and discount cigars. The store was started by Aaron Saide, a Midland native. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 9 a.m. … Continue reading
Zimbabwe: U.S. $344 Million Tobacco Sold
Tobacco worth US$345,2 million has been sold through the auction and contract market at a seasonal average price of US$2,78 per kilogramme. At day 105 of the tobacco selling season, 125,7 million kg had been sold compared to 107 million kg the same period last season. The Tobacco Sales Floor, which opened earlier than other auction floors is leading in … Continue reading
Genetically modified tobacco plants to fight HIV?
Drug companies have long used plants to produce pharmaceuticals–and tobacco plants, perhaps ironically, have been explored for their potential role in fighting such things as cancer, cavities, scorpion venom, and more. The latest big news, announced at a press conference in London this morning, is that U.K. regulators have, for the first time, approved a human clinical trial of a … Continue reading
