Flue-cured tobacco

This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation.

Flue-cured tobacco is a type of tobacco that is cured with artificial heat, after which it becomes light yellow to dark orange in color. Flue-cured tobacco has a sweet aroma and is sometimes referred to as bright leaf or Virginia tobacco.

<tdo>search_term=flue cured confidential</tdo> Note: The word "confidential" is added to the search to narrow it, since "flue cured" is a very common phrase in tobacco industry documents.