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Jump to full article: 14 WFIE (Evansville, IN), 2009-06-22
Author: Cory Stark
Intro: It's another tobacco growing season, and the president's new law will likely have an impact on local farmers.
"I say, eventually in the long run, there is going to be less tobacco use, so there is going to be less needed to be produced," tobacco farmer Shawn Brumfield said.
Under the new anti-smoking bill, cigarette packages must have a warning label that covers 50 percent of the front and back packaging, and light or mild cigarettes are off the market.
"Obviously, tobacco is a product that is harmful to the health of a person, so it seems to me like the FDA will try to have some control over that," Brumfield said.
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