Attempts of Ceylon Tobacco to Sustain Tobacco Cultivation in Sri Lanka
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Document title
Attempts of Ceylon Tobacco to Sustain Tobacco Cultivation in Sri Lanka
Publication title
Centre for Combating Tobacco - Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
Year of publication
2020
Abstract
"Tobacco cultivation leads to many adverse effects on the farmers and the environment.Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) is the only subsidiary of the British American Tobacco (BAT) in the region that engages in a complete leaf-to-cigarette manufacturing process. CTC launched its tobacco cultivation programme in Sri Lanka in 1952. Until 2016, all the tobacco leaves required for cigarette production of CTC were cultivated in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, tobacco is mainly cultivated in Galewela, Polonnaruwa, Mahiyangana, Ududumbara, Haliela and Buttala. Even though tobacco farmers in Sri Lanka are not direct employees of CTC, CTC is directly involved in the cultivation process by providing them seeds, agrochemicals and buying their harvest".
