Tumbeki (or more correctly Teymbeki). This 
_ is the common Eastern name for tobacco. It is 
considerably exported.to the countries in the 
neighborhood of Persia and is smoked in the 
pipe known as the Narghilli. In this pipe the 
teymbeki burns in contact with a piece of incan- 
descent charcoal. The smoker draws the vapor 
through a flexible tube which passes to the bot- 
tom of a water chamber and passes above it, 
whence it is inhaled. The narghili is technically 
a water pipe. The teymbeki is very strong in 
nicotine, containing up to 5 or 6 per cent. 
Japan produces large and medium size leaf 
of good color but poor in quality. It is 
generally used for pipe and cigarette trade. 
The statistics of production for Asia are ex- 
tremely unreliable. When we consider the teem- 
ing populations of China, India and other 
Eastern countries and the prevalence of the 
smoking habit, it is very probable that the 
figure of production (350,000 tons annually) 
is much under the mark. There is very little 
export of tobacco from the United States or 
Europe to the East. Whatever tobacco is con- 
sumed there is mostly of its own production. 
Evroprran Propuction or Tosacco 
In Europe the principal tobacco producing 
countries are Germany, France, Austria, 
Russia, Italy and Turkey. 
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