# Ban on Growing Tobacco for One's Own Needs

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/ban-on-growing-tobacco-for-ones/
- Published: 1924-06-08T16:55:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:01:39+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/zabarona-razvodzic-tytun-na-svaju-patrebu.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/zapryeshchyeniye-vyrashchivat-tabak-dlya-sobstvyennoy.md

> A new order forbids sowing tobacco for oneself on pain of a fine, and everything sown will be confiscated.

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The government has issued an order forbidding the sowing of tobacco for one's own needs. Disobedience will be punished with a fine of 10 zlotys (reckoned at eight times more than the value of the tobacco), and the tobacco that has been sown will be confiscated.