The tobacco industry here has received word that an Arab ban will soon be imposed on Turkish tobacco and cigarettes because of Turkish tobacco business with Israel.
It was reported that the Arab conference held in Beirut, Lebanon, decided that all Arab states would boycott all kinds of Turkish tobacco, and cigarettes containing Turkish tobacco, because of “the establishment of joint Turco-Israeli cigarette factories.”
The restrictions on Turkish tobacco would be lifted only if Turkey severed its business connections involving tobacco with Israel, the report reaching the tobacco industry here said.
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