Chapter 30 Tobacco farmers

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Tobacco farms in North Carolina have declined from 300,000 fifty years ago to

58,000 now.

New York Times magazine, August 25, 1996, p. 45

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There are 60,000 tobacco farmers in Kentucky.

New York Times, September 14, 1996, p. 8

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There are 62,000 tobacco farmers in the US, including 15,000 in North Carolina, a

decline of 40% in the last 15 years. Administrative costs for all tobacco programs,

including price supports and crop insurance, are $20 to $40 million in most years, but

were $103,000,000 in 1988 because of drought. The US tobacco industry now

imports a great deal of cheaper foreign tobacco from countries such as Brazil and

Zimbabwe, and because of a new law requiring domestic cigarettes to use 75% US

grown tobacco, American companies are increasingly building manufacturing plants

overseas.

San Francisco Examiner, May 1, 1994, p. A15

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Tobacco is Virginia's largest cash crop, worth $180 million to the state's 8500

tobacco farmers.

Washington Post, December 6, 1996, p. A21

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The state of Virginia has 8,400 tobacco farmers, 120,000 tobacco related jobs, and

$186 million in 1996 tobacco cash receipts. In a state poll, 51% approved of Clinton

administration policies on tobacco and 40% disapproved.

Wall Street Journal, April 25, 1997, p. A16

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