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VIDEO: Tobacco Battle Continues  

The Obama administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to seek nearly $300-billion from the tobacco industry due to a half century of deception.

We spoke with a local tobacco farmer about this issue and what might happen if the government gets the money.

"As far as the 50 states, Kentucky ranks the highest in tobacco production, and if something like this were to happen, there'd be many families affected by this," said Joel Cook, a local tobacco farmer from Simpson County.

Cook just recently sold the last of his tobacco crop, and he'll start replanting mid-March to once again start the year-long process of growing tobacco.

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