India plans elimination of non-cigarette tobacco crop

(Business Standard) The tobacco control programme of the ministry of health may see some paradox. In its strategy to curtail tobacco production to control its usage in India, the ministry of agriculture has decided to embark on a phase-wise elimination of all varieties except the cigarette-producing one.
... Official sources said the cigarette smoking varieties, such as flue-cured virginia ( FCV), burley and oriental, etc, are also export varieties of tobacco.
“These are highly remunerative cash crops, with tremendous exchange earning potential, being export varieties. Producers of FCV varieties earn very high return on investment, unlike non FCV varieties. ..." Continued