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Kentucky puffs on as tobacco farming dwindles

2013-05-13 17 Dailymotion

The US state of Kentucky was once one of the country’s leading tobacco producers, but the industry is slowly dying.<br />A major legal settlement 15 years ago led many farmers to diversify into other agricultural production.<br />The state, however, continues to have the highest number of smokers in the country. Little is being spent on anti-smoking programmes, as tobacco lobbyists fight back.<br />Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from Lexington, Kentucky.

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