Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At the peak of global tobacco production, there were 20 million rural Chinese households producing tobacco on 2.1 million hectares of land. [12] The vast majority of tobacco production is intended for the national market. While it is the major crop for millions of Chinese farmers, growing tobacco is not as profitable as cotton or sugar cane.
Around the peak of global tobacco production, 20 million rural Chinese households were producing tobacco on 2.1 million hectares of land. [46] While it is the major crop for millions of Chinese farmers, growing tobacco is not as profitable as cotton or sugarcane, because the Chinese government sets the market price.
Tobacco Advertising and Marketing: As the tobacco industry grew, so did advertising and marketing efforts. Tobacco companies used various promotional strategies to attract consumers and create brand loyalty. [28] Regulation and Taxation: Governments started imposing taxes on tobacco products, generating significant revenue for state coffers. [29]
Nicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States [4] (from California to Utah to Texas) and Mexico. [ 3 ] It is a woody perennial herb growing up to about 80 centimetres (31 in) in maximum height.
Y1 has a higher nicotine content than conventional flue-cured tobacco (6.5% versus 3.2—3.5%), [16] but a comparable amount of tar, and does not affect taste or aroma. [17] British American Tobacco (BAT) began to discuss the trialling of Y1 tobacco in 1991, [18] despite it not being approved for use in the United States. [13]
In his book Tobacco Culture, author T.H. Breen writes “quite literally, the quality of a man’s tobacco often served as the measure of the man.” [19] Proficient planters, held in high regard by their peers, often exercised significant political clout in colonial governments. Farmers often spent excess profits on expensive luxury goods from ...
The corolla tube has a total length of 3.5 to 4.5 cm (1 + 3 ⁄ 8 to 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) and is 3 to 5 mm (1 ⁄ 8 to 3 ⁄ 16 in) wide in the lower part and widens to 7 to 12 mm (1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) in the upper part. The coronet is lobed or pentagonal. The stamens are designed unevenly and start below the center of the corolla tube.
The book is a biography of Persson that also covers Minecraft 's popularity and the Swedish gaming industry. [1] The book describes how Persson was inspired by games like Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress, and Infiniminer, and how he was convinced that he was onto something big from the very beginning. It also described how Persson documented the ...