No doubt it will be a long time before Syrian Latakia is exported. Russia is bombing it back to before the Stone Age. Saw this buried in an article about the Russia/Turkey imbroglio. Geo-politics and tobacco, not a good mix
"Turkey and its allies say Russia's real aim is to prop up its ally Assad and that it has been bombing moderate opposition groups in areas of Syria like Latakia, where the jet was downed, and where there is little or no Islamic State presence.
Russian forces have shown no sign of backing down, launching a heavy bombardment against insurgent-held areas in Latakia on Wednesday, near where the jet crashed.A Reuters correspondent on the Turkish side of the border saw rockets and tank shells being fired from government-controlled western Latakia eastwards into rebel-held territory, sending plumes of smoke rising from the wooded hillsides."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-russian-response-downed-jet-emotional-130009265--business.html
"Turkey and its allies say Russia's real aim is to prop up its ally Assad and that it has been bombing moderate opposition groups in areas of Syria like Latakia, where the jet was downed, and where there is little or no Islamic State presence.
Russian forces have shown no sign of backing down, launching a heavy bombardment against insurgent-held areas in Latakia on Wednesday, near where the jet crashed.A Reuters correspondent on the Turkish side of the border saw rockets and tank shells being fired from government-controlled western Latakia eastwards into rebel-held territory, sending plumes of smoke rising from the wooded hillsides."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-russian-response-downed-jet-emotional-130009265--business.html