When Grant Jeffrey Garst was in high school, he started doing just what his daddy and grandfather had done before him: growing tobacco. Now he’s 28 years old with a wife, an 18-month-old daughter, and ...

President Clinton's recently announced plans to restrict tobacco advertising seen by teen-agers and to have nicotine classified as a drug, have left many tobacco farmers fearing that their farming ...

Tobacco is taking a beating from politicians and cigarette companies, and many farmers are looking for new ways to make a living. Growers are using some creative ideas to keep food on everyone's table ...

The last tobacco subsidy payments go to tobacco farmers at the end of this month. The government program was intended to help growers transition... Tobacco Farmers Lose Longtime Safety Net Tobacco ...

Just a few decades ago, tobacco provided a secure income for Southern farmers. But when the tobacco buyout came, many Black farmers were cut out of the deal. Some have turned to farming different ...

After more than four centuries of ubiquity and profits, North Carolina’s tobacco production bottomed out in 2020 to a level not seen in nearly 100 years. Now, the state is down to about 1,300 tobacco ...

A new Human Rights Watch report shows that young workers have been exposed to high levels of nicotine, as child labor helps harvest from farms that supply a Philip Morris subsidiaryPhotographs by ...

CYNTHIANA, Ky. — Brian Furnish studied the thick, tan stalks dangling from wooden trellises inside his towering, pitched-roof barn. After years of practice, the eighth-generation Kentucky tobacco ...