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"We recognize the impact this decision will have on our employees, their families, and the Farmville community, and are committed to helping those impacted as we consolidate our tobacco processing operations," said Herbert Weatherford, Alliance One International's Regional Director of North and Central America.

The tax is not only highly regressive, it also can result in unintended consequences

Zimbabwes crop has gone up, as has Brazils, so we may see demand level out next year. The switch to smallholder growing has radically changed the leaf merchants business models

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it was also a social and political one