The state's burley tobacco crop has grown from virtually no acreage two years ago, to about 200 acres this year. Farmers say an acre of burley tobacco can be worth four-thousand dollars before expenses, more than six times the value of corn. Overall tobacco production in Wisconsin covered nearly 30-thousand acres 60 years ago. The crop grown here has lower levels of cancer-causing chemicals than plants grown in the mid-South because of Wisconsin's longer, cooler, sunny days in the summer....

The tobacco companies had challenged six parts of the law, arguing that the restrictions unfairly infringed their right of free expression. But in a stinging judgment that referred more than once to deceptive advertising by tobacco companies, the court said the need to protect public health takes precedence. Canada's top court unanimously upheld a law limiting tobacco advertisements today, dismissing arguments from three big cigarette companies that complained the legislation is too broad....

The decision, signed on June 13, made it clear that only State-owned enterprises and joint-ventures with foreign partners, of which the State holds majority of the stake and which have been licensed for the business are allowed to manufacture tobacco products. State declares monopoly in tobacco industry. VietNamNet - State declares monopoly in tobacco industry. The decision, signed on June 13, made it clear that only State-owned enterprises and joint-ventures with foreign partners, of...

By Peggy Lim, Staff Writer The United States has fewer smokers, a shrinking base of cigarette factories and no more federal price supports for tobacco. But as tobacco farming has receded in many parts of the country, a bevy of Eastern North Carolina counties have picked up the slack. By Peggy Lim, Staff Writer The United States has fewer smokers, a shrinking base of cigarette factories and no more federal price supports for tobacco. But as tobacco farming has receded in many parts of the...

tobacco companies put in their smokeless tobacco products, Foulds said. Even so, he says that mouth cancer is still a possibility and depending on the specific amount of cancer-causing ingredients in different smokeless tobacco products, the risk could be higher. Medical experts say that although there are certain risks associated with smokeless tobacco use, the smokeless option is far safer than smoking. Smokeless tobacco products are bad for oral health in general, because they can erode...