January 26, 2010 WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (Rep.-Ky.) continued his efforts to shield Kentucky tobacco farmers from the consequences of a new Canadian initiative which would effectively result in a ban on U.S. burley tobacco. The Congressman spearheaded a letter, along with four other Kentucky Members of the House of Representatives, to...
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We can all say with a high degree of certainty that 2009 was not a very good year for tobacco. First, the Obama Administration passed tobacco regulations on to the Federal Food and Drug Administration. The fallout from that move is still months, years away from reality of what the legalities will ultimately mean....
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Now, here are some new developments that just might raise your blood pressure. Not only are you likely to get punished financially for smoking your pipe, but if you are tad overweight, you are going to get hit in the old hip pocket for that flab as well. You don’t have to be told...
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