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Tobacco
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Tobacco. Prohibited for Sikhs. The use of tobacco is specifically prohibited in the
khaṇḍe-dī-pāhul (initiation) ceremony of
khālsā Sikhs, and is avoided by Sikhs, both
sahajdhārī and
keśadhārī.
For its possible prohibition for Muslims, see
KHAMR.
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Tobacco Farmer Interest and Success in Income Diversification
Magazine article from: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; As farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years...identifying alternative sources of income for tobacco farmers in the southern United States The recent termination of the tobacco quota program has accelerated the exit of...
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Tobacco control in India.(Review Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Dental Research; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Preetha. Chaly Portuguese introduced tobacco to India 400 years ago. Ever since, Indians have used tobacco in various forms. Sixty five per cent of all men and 33% of all women use tobacco in some form. Tobacco causes over 20 categories...
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Tobacco: Global Industry Almanac Report - Global Tobacco Market Grew by 5.1% in 2008 to Reach a Value of $396.9 Billion.
M2 Presswire; 6/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-8 June 2009-Research and Markets: Tobacco: Global Industry Almanac Report - Global Tobacco Market Grew by 5.1% in 2008 to Reach a...researchandmarkets.com/research/6cedbc/tobacco_global_in) has announced the addition...
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Tobacco prevention in tobacco-raising areas: lessons from the lion's den.
Magazine article from: Journal of School Health; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...this commentary, issues of delivering messages about tobacco in a tobacco-producing area are discussed. While students who live in these areas most need effective tobacco prevention, they probably are least likely to receive...
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Tobacco bales giving Georgia markets a new look It's opening day $34 million loss estimated in drought.(Metro)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 7/21/1998; ; 700+ words
; ALMA -- The burlap tobacco sheet might join the mule, sickle and thresher among things...longer used on the farm. Workers at the Alma Bright Leaf tobacco warehouse were binding tobacco into huge bales last week in preparation for today's...
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Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund: N.Y Mayoral Candidate Fernando Ferrer Should Immediately Return All Tobacco Contributions; Statement
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...Fresina, Northeast Regional Director, Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund: "Under the...indeed, a world leader -- in fighting tobacco use and its terrible toll in health and...City continues to be a leader in fighting tobacco use both for the sake of New Yorkers...
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Tobacco cos. called 'bullish' on insurance.
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 2/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; With the $368.5 billion tobacco industry settlement's enactment into...insurance coverage experts say, tobacco companies have realized they probably...Lockhart, which has been hired by several tobacco companies to advise them on coverage...
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Tobacco's new push: Sales of smokeless tobacco rise with new products that critics say are aimed at young users.
Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA); 2/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...Eagle Smoking opponents believe a new front in the tobacco war has begun as tobacco users and manufacturers embrace smokeless varieties...an addiction expert with Reading Hospital's Tobacco Free Wellness Center. "We're seeing two major...
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Tobacco Farmers Cry Foul.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 11/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...via COMTEX) AS the season for buying tobacco in Arua and Yumbe districts comes to an...getting more profit than us from the sale of tobacco, simply because they buy it cheaply from...and sell it to BATU (British American Tobacco, Uganda)", an angry farmer tells this...
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Tobacco tax: Tobacco cash to Senate prevents tax increases
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 2/3/2003; ; 689 words
; ...been next to impossible to get decent tobacco-prevention measures taken up by the state Senate. The only tobacco tax measure enacted in West Virginia...7 percent tax on wholesale smokeless tobacco lobby. A low tax coupled with a tobacco...
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SIC 0132 Tobacco
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...establishments primarily engaged in the production of tobacco. NAICS Code(s) 111910 (Tobacco Farming) Industry Snapshot This industry is composed of small U.S. farms that grow and sell tobacco to cigarette companies and other tobacco product...
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Tobacco
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...produced, but most tobacco types require significant...plants of air-cured tobaccos are cut off just above...The major types of tobacco are bright (flue...Burley and flue-cured tobaccos are the primary tobacco types used in the manufacture...
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Tobacco Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
TOBACCO INDUSTRY The first permanent English settlement...Virginia colony exported 40,000 pounds of tobacco to England and the farmers were getting rich. The first successful commercial crop of tobacco was cultivated in Virginia in 1611 by Englishman...
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Tobacco: History of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
TOBACCO: HISTORY OF Tobacco generally refers to the leaves and other parts of certain South American...domesticated and used by Native Americans for the alkaloid Nicotine. Tobacco plants are a species of the genus Nicotiana , belonging to the Solanaceae...
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Tobacco Control Advocacy and Policies—U.S.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
TOBACCO CONTROL ADVOCACY AND POLICIES — U.S. At...effort to convince others to take some type of action. Tobacco control advocacy is aimed at reducing the harm caused by tobacco use by changing the underlying political, economic...
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