black spots on tobacco leaf Is this mold / dangerous?

The tobacco industry relies on a steady supply of high-quality leaves to meet the demand for tobacco products

The now 22-year-old senior at George Washington University, started to research the campaigns big tobacco companies used to target black communities for his film project,"Black Lives/Black Lungs." The film was published in March in conjunction with Truth Initiative, and he found some very disturbing facts

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is named for one of the first plants in which it was found in the 1800s

But the threat of bankruptcy was real for the divisions of Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco, Loews, Brooke Group and B.A.T