[sinanju]

I beg to differ, good sir.

I read a fascinating article in the WSJ last year concerning the little-remarked-upon fact that since tobacco was “deregulated” (no more subsidies OR restrictions) several years ago, it has in fact become more profitable than ever and is gradually being grown in parts of the country that had not seen it since the nineteen-thirties.

The article that I remember mentions a veteran tobacco farmer from TN who has made a new career for himself working as a consultant teaching tobacco farming to fellow sod-busters in far-off states, among them, Ohio.

[Pontiac]

Well if I am wrong I will gladly accept the correction.

If you find the link post it to me.

I have never heard before of Tobacco being cultivated in Ohio.

I have heard of Burly (one of the more hardy varieties) being grown as far north as Kentucky but that is aout it.

It could be that the shorter growing season meant that Ohio could not compete with the southern state and so it was never a cash crop.

[ApplegateRanch]

I worked for a head nurse in Oregon about 30 years ago who would try to not give me coverage for breaks, “because you would just go smoke an evil cigarette.”

When she let it be known she was quitting & leaving the area, we also found out she owned a 5 acre tobacco allotment toward her retirement.

When I challenged her on her hypocrisy, she brayed back that it wasn't smoking tobacco; it was the chewing variety.

That acreage was in Wisconsin.