{"id":20949,"date":"2024-02-27T06:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20949"},"modified":"2025-04-06T08:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T03:14:41","slug":"flue-cured-tobacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/flue-cured-tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"Flue Cured Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Flue Cured Tobacco<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Curing is a process by which the\u00a0harvested tobacco leaf is made\u00a0ready for the market.<\/li>\n<li>It is a well standardized process especially in FCV tobacco to achieve the desirable qualities in the cured leaf along with the removal of moisture.<\/li>\n<li>There are three types of tobacco curing methods traditionally used:\u00a0Air-Cured, Fire-Cured, and Flue-Cured.<\/li>\n<li>Each of the different curing methods results in a tobacco product that is distinguishable by both its nicotine content and its aroma.<\/li>\n<li>Why is Tobacco cured?\n<ul>\n<li>To create smoking tobacco, the tobacco leaves need to be cured, or dried out.<\/li>\n<li>The wet, green tobacco leaves of a tobacco plant initially contain too much moisture to catch fire.<\/li>\n<li>They also have\u00a0higher chlorophyll content. By releasing a certain amount of chlorophyll from the leaves during the drying out process, the\u00a0natural tannins come out giving the smoked tobacco its flavor and scent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key characteristics of Flue Cured Tobacco\n<ul>\n<li>Produces primarily cigarette tobacco<\/li>\n<li>Contains a high sugar content<\/li>\n<li>Contains medium to high levels of nicotine<\/li>\n<li>Rich in natural tannins which creates its distinct mild and slightly sweet flavor and aroma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In India Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco is mainly produced in India in 2\u00a0states, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Nicotine?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a naturally produced alkaloid in the nightshade family of plants and is widely used recreationally as a stimulant and anxiolytic. As a pharmaceutical drug, it is used for smoking cessation to relieve withdrawal symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2009044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Government of India approves interest-free Loan to FCV Tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flue Cured Tobacco produces primarily cigarette tobacco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}