Author: Kentucky. General Assembly. Tobacco Task ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tobacco
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Final Report of the Kentucky Tobacco Task Force
Author: Kentucky. General Assembly. Tobacco Task ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tobacco
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Informational Bulletin
Author: Mid-interim Reports of the Joint, Special and Statutory Committees 1994
Author: Tobacco Culture
Author: John van WilligenPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813183987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Whereas most crops drive farmers apart as they compete for the best prices, the price controls on tobacco bring growers together. The result is a culture unlike any other in America, one often forgotten or overlooked as federal and state governments fight over the spoils of the tobacco settlement. Tobacco Culture describes the process of raising a crop of burley from the perspective and experience of the farmers themselves. In the process of gathering information for the book, the authors performed most steps in the tobacco production process, from dropping plants, burning seedbeds, topping, and cutting to stripping and baling the finished product. Van Willigen and Eastwood document both present practices and historical developments in tobacco farming at the very moment a way of life stands poised for dramatic change. In addition to growing practices, the authors found other common threads linking growers and tobacco producing regions. Where tobacco is grown, it often becomes the major cash crop and carries the health of the economy. Farmer Oscar Richardson states, "It's bread and butter. It's the industry of the community, the state as a whole.... You take tobacco out of Kentucky and this farmland wouldn't be worth a nickel." Combining cultural anthropology and oral history, John van Willigen and Susan Eastwood have created a remarkable portrait of the heart of the burley belt in Central Kentucky.
Tobacco Contracting in Burley Tobacco
Author: Brad WellonsPublisher:
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Category : Burley tobacco
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.
Contracting in Tobacco
Author: Jonathan Watts HullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural contracts
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Tobacco's Hidden Children
Author: Margaret WurthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781623131340
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Methodology -- I. Tobacco farming in the United States -- II. Child tobacco workers in the United States -- III. Health and safety -- IV. Hours, wages, and education -- V. International legal standards -- VI. Obligations of the US government to protect child farmworkers -- VII. Responsibilities of businesses purchasing tobacco in the United States -- VIII. Recommendations -- Acknowledgments.
Research Report
Author: Research Report
Author: Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description