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High nicotine tobacco crops shake Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul
Freakish fumo louco plants in Rio Grande do Sul yield leaves twice as nicotine dense as normal tobacco. Farmers grow the high nicotine leaf by the ton for Souza Cruz with BTI links, while US and Brazilian authorities probe tobacco firms about nicotine manipulation and FDA regulation.
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Santa Cruz DO Sul
Brazil
Louisville
Associated Press
Brown & Williamson ‘Tobacco Corp
U.S
The
Rio Grande Do Sul
Paulo Berganthal
Neury de Oliveira
Mitch Zeller
FDA
Associated
Manhattan
Souza Cruz
B.A.T. Industries
Brown & Williamson