Full Flake but Already Rubbed?

Tobacco prices in Jember have dropped by as much as half. Apparently the weather and the mushrooming of tobacco farmers are the main culprits.

August 21, 2001

IT seems as if ill-fortune has really struck the tobacco farmers of Jember and the surrounding areas. It is very likely that many of them will suffer large losses because they anticipated greater demand this year. The rumor was that the cigarette manufacturers would buy up whatever stock of tobacco the farmers had. But it now turns out that the tobacco warehouse owners don't want to buy the current harvest because they still have the tobacco h

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