Is Cyprian Latakia Dead or Alive?

(Pipestud) … Latakia is not a unique type of tobacco like Virginia or Burley for example, but rather the name of the leaf after it has been fumigated (smoke cured).
Starting with the Smyrna varietal grown in Cyprus, it was first harvested, and sun dried, before being loaded into smoking barns.
They were then smoked, in a manner very similar to Dark Fire Cured Leaf, although more aromatic smoking woods were used. Continued