Nearly half a ton of leaf tobacco is weighed by Dave MacNeil (left) and Harry Dykxhoorn before entering the production line at Benson and Hedges plant(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Nearly half a ton of leaf tobacco is weighed by Dave MacNeil (left) and Harry Dykxhoorn before entering the production line at Benson and Hedges plant at Brampton. The eight-year-old factory; now in final stages of a $2;500;000 modernization program; processes 36 of these 900-pound hogsheads every working day.