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Cigarette sales surged again with the introduction of the "White Burley" tobacco leaf and the invention of the first practical cigarette-making machine, sponsored by tobacco baron James Buchanan "Buck" Duke, in the late 1880s.
CNN: A brief history of tobacco
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Rice, barley, dairy products, and leaf tobacco farming operates under high tariff and non-tariff barrier protection.
FORBES: WTO Critique Of Japanese Agriculture
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The young Bush threw his weight around as necessary, serving as "loyalty thermometer" and blunt instrument, coming down hard on leakers, loose cannons and snarky reporters, mediating staff disputes from a plainly decorated office, where he chewed an unlighted cigar and spat bits of tobacco leaf in the general direction of a foam coffee cup.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia