### Question
What does active Flue-cured tobacco producer mean?


### Answer
**Active Flue-cured tobacco producer** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 1314b*:

> any person who shared in the risk of producing a crop of Flue-cured tobacco in not less than one of the three years preceding the year involved, or any person who certifies to the Secretary, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, his or her intent to become a Flue-cured tobacco producer

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1314b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35-AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 > SUBCHAPTER II-LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES > Part B-Marketing Quotas > subpart i-marketing quotas&mdash;tobacco**

