

Farmers
- Tobacco continues to be a profitable crop in the U.S., but due to the rising cost of labor and the greater awareness of the dangers of smoking, tobacco farming is in decline.
- Since 1998, through funds allocated under the Master Settlement Agreement negotiated between the state attorneys-general and the cigarette manufacturers, tobacco farmers have been offered a buy-out option to encourage them to plant alternative crops.

J. D. Crowe
2004
“This pair of cartoons was drawn just for the show, from the perspective of a Kentucky boy who was raised in tobacco country.” ~ J. D. Crowe
Nick Anderson
Louisville Courier-Journal
June 12, 1994
“In Kentucky, tobacco farmers and industry flacks have long defended tobacco because of its economic benefits to the state.”
~ Nick Anderson