If you're a tobacco user, the news isn't all that bad. Tobacco prices may increase only slightly due to the drought.
Because of recent rains, Kentucky tobacco farmers now believe they will be able to salvage at least some of their burley...
The number of cigarette smokers in the United States dropped 33% from 2000 to 2011. At the same time, there's been an increase of tobacco pipe and cigar smokers - 123% in the same time period. In addition, so-called pipe tobacco use has grown 482%...