Wouldn't that be about nothing? In my State, which was the largest producer, farmers are no longer being subsidized to grow tobacco and have either gotten out of farming or switched crops altogether. Fields after fields after fields in my state used to grow tobacco. No more!
Well, $60 million is still a lot of money, but when compared to about $45 billion annual federal agriculture subsidies, it looks pretty small.
Why support a product that is known to cause cancer? In fact, why allow the process of making cigs (with all the chemicals that cause addiction and cancer) at all?
From a public health stand point, should the federal government force tobacco companies to simply produce tobacco without the added chemicals for “preservation” and “taste”?
It would be like the old days. Carry a tobacco pouch, roll your own with no filter, no added chemicals.
peace to you