Antismoking Measures Gain in Tobacco Country

For some it is simple economics - cheap labor and fewer restrictions on pesticide use can easily lure US cigarette manufacturers to Brazil, Argentina, or Zimbabwe. But US tobacco farmers see it as a betrayal at the hands of the same people they stood by during the tobacco wars. Now their surprise switch to the anti-smoking lobby camp could mean major victories for health issues in the very heart of tobacco belt. If lawmakers pass tax increases and smoking bans in public places, “the landscape of tobacco country” is bound to be redrawn. – Yaleglobal

Antismoking Measures Gain in Tobacco Country

David M. Halbfinger
Tuesday, March 4, 2003

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