| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 30 Tobacco farmers |
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| The tobacco industry estimates that 33 million people are engaged in tobacco |
| farming worldwide, including 15 million in China, 3.5 million in India, and 100,000 in |
| Zimbabwe. The United States has 120,000 tobacco farms, and the European Union |
| has 135,000. |
| Curbing the Epidemic, p. 68 |
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| The four major U.S. tobacco companies have agreed to establish a $5.15 billion trust |
| fund for tobacco farmers to help compensate them for losses incurred as a result of |
| the tobacco settlement with the states. |
| New York Times, January 22, 1999, p. A20 |
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| Tobacco price supports total $38 million per year in administrative costs. |
| Washington Post magazine, October 25, 1992, p. 13 |
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