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Different market segments demand specific leaf characteristics, driving producers to master various curing (drying under certain conditions) techniques

These issues undermine the economic viability of tobacco leaf production and yield a strong justification for considering alternative crops, particularly for food

The bet here is that patients dont want to deal with long wait-times and difficult-to-schedule appointments

CNBC's Drew Sandholm contributed to this report.

But caffeine and sugar hardly compares to the high that a tobacco worker gets from absorbing nicotine into their bare hands through hours of contact with the sticky leaves

The result was 600 pounds of the brightest yellow tobacco ever seen