Tobacco Plantation

TOBACCO INDUSTRY. Industry like  the Philippine  Tobacco  Flue - Curing and Redrying Corporation  ( PTFC )  and  Union Leaf Tobacco are  stationed  here  to buy  the  world - class tobacco  products  we  have here. They employ a large number of local residents thereby lifting the standards of living in our town.

The  tobacco   plant   is   one   of   the most   important  commercial  nonfood  crops grown  in   the  Ilocos region.  Mature tobacco plants, reaching one  to  three m  ( 3 to 10 ft ), produce  between  10  and  20  broad   leaves. These are dried,  cured , and used  to  produce cigarettes,  cigars,  and  pipe  and  chewing tobacco. 

The  curing  of  tobacco  is  a  slow  process  carefully monitored to produce tobacco leaves with   specific colors, wilts, and degrees  of dryness. Three  different methods of curing-air curing, fire curing, and   flue (heat) curing-impart distinctive flavors to the tobacco leaves.  Since freshly cured tobacco has a  bitter taste, most cigarette tobacco is dried, cooled, somewhat rehydrated, and then stored for two or   three  years. The leaves ferment as they age, becoming  milder and darker.

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