Thailand Tobacco Monopoly is making an unprecedented move: it is considering planting hemp and processing it for use in consumer products. For hemp rolling papers, Thailand Tobacco is seeking a partnership with the private sector, Daonoi Suthinipaphan, the enterprise's managing director, told the Bangkok Post in an interview. Hemp rolling papers do not burn when they are lit, which reduces the dispersion of harmful cigarette smoke. A local company with 1,000 rai of farmland has shown interest in growing hemp under the state agency's supervision, she said. "We're a state agency and we'll grow what the government tells us to grow," Ms Daonoi said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2017 23:48 UTC