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    "ocrText": "Effective\nNational Action\nto Control Tobacco\nENACT\nA Public\nHealth Coalition\nTOBACCO LEGISLATION AND TOBACCO GROWING COMMUNITIES\nThe Problem:\nAs recently as 1969, U.S. manufactured cigarettes contained 90 percent American grown\ntobacco. In the 1990s, that figure has dropped below 60 percent. The number of U.S. tobacco\nfarmers has also dropped dramatically, from 512,000 in 1954 to 124,000 in 1992. The economic\ncontribution that tobacco makes to the various tobacco producing states, though significant, has\nalso been dropping. For example, in North Carolina, tobacco's contribution to the economy\ndropped from 11.3 percent in 1960 to 7.8 percent in 1993, and farm cash receipts dropped from\n47 percent to 19 percent.\nThese American farm families continue to rely on the growth and production of tobacco. Many\ncommunities remain dependent on tobacco as the primary means of support. However, since\nrelease of the landmark Surgeon General's Report in 1964, more and more evidence has been\naccumulated that shows smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco is addictive and a major\ncause of cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive lung disease, emphysema, and stroke.\nThe seriousness of the epidemic and the need for strong policies and programs to discourage and\nprevent the use of tobacco has put the tobacco farmer, his family and his community in a difficult\nsituation with difficult choices. The farmer has had virtually no real options to get out of the\ntobacco business, often being used as a political pawn by the tobacco industry at the national,\nstate and local levels. For years, health groups have been portrayed by the tobacco companies as\ntrying to put the tobacco farmer out of the business regardless of the economic consequences on\nthe tobacco farm family, and the tobacco farming community.\nRecent dialogue between public health groups and tobacco farmers have the potential to reduce\nthe production and growth of tobacco while at the same time ensuring economic stability for the\ntobacco farming community. Reducing America's dependence on the growing of tobacco, giving\nfarmers options to get out of the business over a long period of time will help in changing the\nclimate and environment as we continue to work towards reducing tobacco use.\nENACT Recommendations:\nThe goal of tobacco legislation as it affects tobacco farmers should be to discourage growth and\nproduction of tobacco while providing assurances to the farmers that their economic well-being\nwill not be sacrificed. ENACT supports the following principles:"
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