Tobacco /tags/tobacco Tobacco en-US Copyright Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:44:39 GMT NC House, Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permit system for retailers /health/2025-03-20/nc-house-senate-bills-raise-age-tobacco-sales-21-permitting-retailers North Carolina is one of seven states that still allow 18-year-olds to buy tobacco. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:44:39 GMT /health/2025-03-20/nc-house-senate-bills-raise-age-tobacco-sales-21-permitting-retailers Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health News Due South launches 'Golden Leaf,' a series of conversations about tobacco's deep roots in NC /show/due-south/2024-08-22/due-south-launches-golden-leaf-a-series-of-conversations-about-tobaccos-deep-roots-in-nc A conversation with Dr. Blake Brown, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University, about the role of tobacco farming in North Carolina’s economy and the federal policies of the past century that impacted how the crop is grown in our state. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:50:33 GMT /show/due-south/2024-08-22/due-south-launches-golden-leaf-a-series-of-conversations-about-tobaccos-deep-roots-in-nc Leoneda Inge, Rachel McCarthy Children as young as 12 years old still work in tobacco fields during summer harvest /show/due-south/2024-08-22/children-as-young-as-12-years-old-still-work-in-tobacco-fields-during-summer-harvest Yesenia Cuello of NC FIELD talks to Due South about her own experiences working in tobacco fields as a child, and how the practice persists today. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:20:19 GMT /show/due-south/2024-08-22/children-as-young-as-12-years-old-still-work-in-tobacco-fields-during-summer-harvest Jeff Tiberii, Rachel McCarthy 1966 Death of Heiress Doris Duke's Employee Under Renewed Scrutiny /news/2021-08-05/1966-death-of-heiress-doris-dukes-employee-under-renewed-scrutiny When Doris Duke, a fabulously wealthy tobacco and power company heiress, ran over and killed a longtime employee and confidant at her Newport, Rhode Island, mansion in 1966, police took her at her word that it was an accident. Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:24:22 GMT /news/2021-08-05/1966-death-of-heiress-doris-dukes-employee-under-renewed-scrutiny Associated Press E-Cigarette Giant 'Juul' To Pay $40 Million In Settlement With North Carolina /news/2021-06-28/e-cigarette-juul-pay-40-million-settlement-north-carolina-stein-vape Juul will pay the $40 million to the state during the next six years. It will go to preventive programs an programs to help people quit e-cigarettes. Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:26:26 GMT /news/2021-06-28/e-cigarette-juul-pay-40-million-settlement-north-carolina-stein-vape Naomi P. Brown, Mitchell Northam, Associated Press Meet NC’s Mayors — Charles Townsend Of Fairmont /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Summers were spent at his father’s gas station. Charles Townsend met all sorts of folks while manning the ice house. In the muggy lowlands of Robeson… Wed, 20 May 2020 15:52:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio Meet NC’s Mayors — Charles Townsend Of Fairmont /politics/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Summers were spent at his father’s gas station. Charles Townsend met all sorts of folks while manning the ice house. In the muggy lowlands of Robeson… Wed, 20 May 2020 15:52:20 GMT /politics/2020-05-20/meet-ncs-mayors-charles-townsend-of-fairmont Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio Hurricane Dorian Hits NC Tobacco Farmers /business-economy/2019-09-16/hurricane-dorian-hits-nc-tobacco-farmers North Carolina tobacco farmers say Hurricane Dorian destroyed at least 20 to 25 percent of their total harvest, hurting the state's overall tobacco… Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:37:33 GMT /business-economy/2019-09-16/hurricane-dorian-hits-nc-tobacco-farmers Celeste Gracia Another Trade Standoff Raises Questions For NC Farmers /business-economy/2018-06-04/another-trade-standoff-raises-questions-for-nc-farmers North Carolina farmers are among those warily watching a new trade dispute between the United States and allies in North America and Europe. President… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:25:27 GMT /business-economy/2018-06-04/another-trade-standoff-raises-questions-for-nc-farmers Will Michaels 'A Night With The Neugents:' An Artistic Rendering Of A North Carolina Tobacco Farm /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-02/a-night-with-the-neugents-an-artistic-rendering-of-a-north-carolina-tobacco-farm In the late 1980s and early 90s, North Carolina photographer David Spear spent several years documenting the lives of his neighbors, the Neugents.The… Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:17:05 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-02/a-night-with-the-neugents-an-artistic-rendering-of-a-north-carolina-tobacco-farm Will Michaels, Adam Hochberg