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Originally Posted by RGD
Virginia is one of the top produces of tobacco in the US - and the tobacco grown is normally either Burley or Virginia Flue - both of which are used for cigarettes. Burley is also used for chewing and snuff.
Different types of tobacco are grown for cigars - none of which are primairly grown here for that purpose - i.e. cash crop.
I'm sure someone is growing something for local rollers etc - it's just not large scale.
Also note that Burley is grown most everywhere - through out Kentucky, etc. That's what my family raised in Indiana.
Ron
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Take 95 through Richmond and you will drive right by many of the cigarette factories.