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R.J. Reynolds' new "Turkish blend" cigarette. Turkish tobacco was introduced to American cigarettes in 1913 by the Camel brand, blended with Virginia and Burley leaves.. Today, it remains a key ingredient in American blend cigarettes [citation needed] Demand remains high; however, the capacity to grow it remains limited, [citation needed] resulting in it being one of the most expensive types ...
Tekel. Tekel A.Ş. (Turkish, literally single-hand or monopoly and generally capitalised as TEKEL) was a Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverages company. It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal (government owned/controlled) company, the Régie. A joint foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie was short for " La Société de la régie co ...
A chibouk (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ b ʊ k,-ˈ b uː k /; French: chibouque; from the Turkish: çıbık, çubuk (English: "stick" from the Persian word choobak "چوبک" meaning small wooden stick) (Serbian: "Čibuk"); also romanized čopoq, ciunoux or tchibouque) [1] [2] [3] is a very long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe, often featuring a clay bowl ornamented with precious stones. [4]
Mehmet Emin Calkan begins work harvesting a tobacco field in rural Turkey before dawn, then has another shift skewering and stringing the tobacco to dry under the sun. While he labors, his boss ...
Oriental tobacco is a sun-cured, highly aromatic, small-leafed variety (Nicotiana tabacum) that is grown in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Lebanon, and North Macedonia. Oriental tobacco is frequently referred to as "Turkish tobacco," as these regions were all historically part of the Ottoman Empire.
Latakia tobacco (Arabic: تبغ اللاذقية) is a sun-dried and smoke-cured tobacco product. It originated in Syria and is named after its major port city of Latakia, though large production has permanently moved to Cyprus due to varying and compounding sociopolitical issues within Syrian borders. It is in the family of fire-cured tobaccos ...
Chesterfields, originally a blend of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, were introduced by the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri in 1873. The company was acquired by American Tobacco Company in 1898, who manufactured Chesterfields until 1911. In 1912, the brand was taken over by Liggett & Myers and production moved to Durham, North ...
07000173. Added to NRHP. March 21, 2007. Turkey Creek Community Historic District is a settlement established by emancipated African Americans during the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil War. [2] The community is situated in north Gulfport, Mississippi, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.