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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 30 Tobacco farmers |
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| | Virginia has 9,000 tobacco growers and another 15,000 workers in cigarette |
| | manufacturing. |
| | Washington Post magazine, October 25, 1992, p. 13 |
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| | Before World War II, Maryland was a major tobacco-producing state, with 300,000 |
| | acres cultivated. By 1995, only 7000 acres were still devoted to tobacco growing. |
| | San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 1994, p. A4 |
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| | Two hurricanes striking North Carolina in the summer of 1996 caused tobacco crop |
| | losses of $335 million, leading to prices in the Georgia-Florida market of $1.92 per |
| | pound, the highest since 1984. |
| | American Medical News, November 4, 1996, p. 18 |
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| | Worldwide tobacco production increased to 7.17 million tons in 1996, up from 6.51 |
| | million tons in 1995. |
| | Tobacco Control, Autumn 1996, p. 177 |
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| | In Malaysia, the profit margin for tobacco farmers is only 2%. It is 79% for |
| | manufacturers of cigarettes. |
| | UICC Tobacco Control Fact Sheet 5, International Union Against Cancer, 1996 |
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| | The World Bank between 1974 and 1988 gave $1.5 billion in loans to support |
| | tobacco growing and processing. This policy was changed in 1992, and such loans |
| | are no longer made. |
| | Smoke and Mirrors, p. 232 |
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