Legislation that could of led to smoking bans in government buildings, and a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants fell six votes short of passing in the House last week. Yet legislation passed in recent sessions has restricted smoking and raised the cigarette tax, which was, for many years, the nations lowest. A: I think the recognition, number one, of the growing cost to everyone in the state for dealing with smoke-related illness. So I think theres a recognition that if were going to...

If one person came to symbolize tobacco in the county, it was George Nettum, who managed the pool for 50 years and made tobacco growing one of the region s biggest cash crops. Local residents, growers and history buffs wandered through the pool s dimly lit main warehouse and office on Decker Street and picked through everything from full boxes of cigars to tobacco harvesting equipment. President Bush signed legislation in fall 2004 that authorized a 10-year buyout of growers, paying them...

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The institute, according to its Web site, helped people from Virginia's tobacco farming community and public health community reach agreements about uses of tobacco company settlement funds. The two were on opposing sides: Tobacco farmers viewed public health advocates as trying to put them out of business; the public health community viewed the tobacco interests as complicit in unhealthy living. Say what you will about the $6,300 fee, the City Market is important enough to Roanoke to...