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Another difference is that we never carry out topping with flowering tobaccos

BAT clarified that its policy defines hazardous work as including, but not restricted to harvesting, topping and suckering - because [these tasks] may involve exposure to Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS), and accepts that where suitable precautions take place to mitigate GTS, 16 and 17-year-old youth may work, provided that they have safety training and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) provided by the farmer prior to commencing work.[128] BAT noted that there is no standard definition of hazardous work in the tobacco industry, and is engaged in an international multi-stakeholder initiative to reach such a definition

Effects of tobacco Tobacco contains a multitude of harmful and carcinogenic compounds such as cyanide or lead, but the most dangerous for the developing baby are nicotine and carbon monoxide

Meshi T, Motoyoshi F, Adachi A, Watanabe Y, Takamatsu N, Okada Y (1988) Two concomitant base substitutions in the putative replicase genes of tobacco mosaic virus confer the ability to overcome the effects of a tomato resistance gene, Tm-1

This stuff is stout

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