Resolved: The U.S. Should Stop Growing Tobacco.

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  • Author(s): Murrell, Duncan
  • Source:
    New Republic. Mar2024, Vol. 255 Issue 3, p38-45. 8p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
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    • Subject Terms:
      TOBACCO growing; CIGARETTES; GOVERNMENT policy; LABOR costs; FERTILIZERS; ECONOMIC development
    • Abstract:
      In the article, the author discusses the reasons why tobacco growing should be stopped in the U.S. Also cited are the challenges facing tobacco farmers like sustained increases in the price of fertilizer, fuel, and labor, how tobacco allegedly killed at least 100 people who smoked, how the tobacco industry helped states like North Carolina became prosperous, and the efforts by the government led by President Joe Biden to ban menthol cigarettes.