The tobacco industry faces continuous industry volume decline in the U.S. due to growing health consciousness about the extreme health risks of tobacco consumption and the high excise taxation on tobacco products.

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To achieve that "particular quality, " most craft distillers employ variations on small-batch pot stills, the kind of homey, copper kettle--looking devices you find at single-malt scotch distilleries, as opposed to the giant, continuous-process column stills of the big-volume liquor brands.

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The rules of the competition state: "The winner will be the individual, team or organisation that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100 GWh over a continuous two year period, using only the power of the sea".

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