tobacco industry

…businessman who became the first tobacco executive to publicly admit to the dangers of cigarettes.

Litigation and the threat of litigation played a major role in shaping the environment for tobacco products at the end of the 20th century. While litigation seeks to accomplish the same ends as legislation, it is often a more viable strategy in regions…

…was responsible for establishing the tobacco industry in Sumatra (now part of Indonesia).

The tobacco industry, which transformed Durham into a flourishing manufacturing centre by 1900, was pioneered by Robert Morris in 1858; John R. Green began making his famous Bull Durham blend after the Civil War. The leading role in the industry’s development, however, was played by the…

…which grew out of the tobacco business established in North Carolina by the Duke family (see James B. Duke) and which controlled the U.S. tobacco industry until it was broken up under antitrust laws in 1911. American Tobacco continued to sell such brands as Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. It…

Warfare between tobacco growers and tobacco trusts brought on an era of barn burning and similar attempts to keep tobacco prices up. In the period 1865–1910 vendettas in the Appalachian Mountains damaged Kentucky’s image. Among the most famous of these conflicts was the feud between the Hatfield…

Meanwhile, tobacco, long one of Kentucky’s most lucrative crops, was declared a health hazard, making the future for this crop uncertain.