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Cigarettes containing Turkish tobacco (which includes those varieties grown in what is now Greece) exclusively continued to be manufactured and sold as "Turkish cigarettes" in the US (brands Murad, Helmar, Fatima and others), the UK (Sullivan & Powell, Benson & Hedges,
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Today, it remains a key ingredient in American blend cigarettes Demand remains high; however, the capacity to grow it remains limited, resulting in it being one of the most expensive types of tobacco in cigarette blends.  
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In the early 1900s, manufacturers of Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes tripled their sales and became legitimate competitors to leading brands. The New York-based Greek tobacconist Soterios Anargyros produced the hand-rolled
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were made mostly or entirely of Turkish tobacco; today, its main use is in blends of pipe and especially cigarette tobacco, which it is suited for.
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by the Spanish. The Ottoman people over time developed their own method of growing and using tobacco.
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Tastes in Europe and the United States shifted away from Turkish tobacco and toward
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They are not available anymore, and many brands, like Murad, disappeared.
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Turkish tobacco was introduced to American cigarettes in 1913 by the
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Tobacco originated in the Americas and was introduced to the
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