Oriental tobacco is frequently referred to as " Turkish tobacco ", as these regions were all historically part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Although the Egyptian industry had begun to decline by the late 1920s as popular taste shifted away from the Turkish tobacco it used.
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While living in Egypt he was involved in the purchasing and sale of Turkish tobacco as well as finding work in an Insurance company.
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Turkish tobacco is sun-cured, which makes it more aromatic and, like flue-cured tobacco, more acidic than air or smoke-cured tobacco, thus more suitable for cigarette production.
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A dedicated smoker of strong Turkish tobacco, he contracted lung cancer and eventually moved into a hospital bed his daughter and son-in-law had rented and unfolded in their home.
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Cigarettes containing only Turkish tobacco, like Murad, Helmar, Balkan Sobranie or those supplied by urban tobacconists like Fribourg & Treyer or Sullivan Powell in London, are no longer available.
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It is initially sun-cured like other Turkish tobaccos and then further cured over controlled fires of aromatic woods and fragrant herbs, which gives it an intense smokey-peppery taste and smell.
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The new Thai cigarette, whose name is still secret, will blend Virginia and Turkish tobaccos and sell for 50 baht ( dlrs 2 ), twice the price of other locally made brands.
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Older patrons, he says, usually prefer strong Turkish tobacco grown on plantations near the Syrian border, while many younger ones ask for aromatic apple or cherry blends imported from Egypt and Bahrain.
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There are considerable crops of commercially grown grapes in the south around the village of Iskra, also Oriential ( often known as Turkish Tobacco ) and Large Leaf Tobacco in the area.
