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Public Enterprise Minister Ashraf El Sharkawy is urging Eastern Tobacco to complete a study assessing tobacco cultivation in Egypt and to expand exports, Al Masry Al Youm<\/a> reports. A comprehensive study on tobacco cultivation domestically was supposed to be completed by mid-May<\/a>. This came amid reports that the farmers syndicate is refusing to grow tobacco in Egypt citing seemingly religious concerns<\/a> such as the cash crop being \u201cintoxicating to the cultivated land and to citizens.\u201d El Sharkawy\u2019s comments were made during his review of Chemical Industries Holding Company\u2019s AGM, of which Eastern Tobacco is a subsidiary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public Enterprise Minister Ashraf El Sharkawy is urging Eastern Tobacco to complete a study assessing tobacco cultivation in Egypt and to expand exports, Al Masry Al Youm reports. A comprehensive study on tobacco cultivation domestically was supposed to be completed by mid-May. 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