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The tobacco industry did not disappear

Not only have ag cash receipts increased substantially in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee over the past 25 years, but ag sales in these three tobacco states have actually increased on a percentage basis more than the aggregate receipts in the remaining eleven states in the Southern region since 2000

Am J Indust Med 1991

However, given the number and frequency of cigarettes smoked in Tobacco Nation, it is both dismaying and unsurprising Tobacco Nation residents are more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, and chronic lower respiratory disease than those living in the rest of the U.S

Combating this issue requires ongoing education, stronger regulatory measures, and support for individuals trying to quit