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Warehouse worker David Montgomery sweeps tobacco from the floor at Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 29, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Warehouse worker David Montgomery sweeps tobacco from the floor at Big L Warehouse in Mullins, South Carolina July 29, 2013. The traditional tobacco harvest requires many labor intensive hours to bring the crop to market, especially with the flue-cured variety prominent in the southern United States. With the growing health concerns with smoking in the US, most farmers use market cooperatives to sell their crop to the growing markets in China. Picture taken on July 29, 2013. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)