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The former home of Washington Duke, one of the biggest tobacco giants in North Carolina. Now an historic site.
An objective site on news and history of tobacco.
Contains useful information on tobacco as a cash crop.
The Surgeon General's website provides a list of reports, including several on smoking.
NC Prevention Partners works to put prevention first for a healthier North Carolina by fostering partnerships, promoting prevention and influencing policy.
The mission of the North Carolina AHEC Program is to meet the state's health and health workforce needs by providing educational programs in partnership with academic institutions, healthcare agencies, and other organizations committed to improving the health of the people of North Carolina.
The AMA was the first to publicize findings linking smoking to lung cancer.
In addition to having general information on breathing and lung diseases, this site contains a link to a smoking cessation program.
Print Sources: Brooks, Jerome E. Green Leaf and Gold: Tobacco in North Carolina. Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, NC Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1997. Cathey, Cornelius O. Agriculture in North Carolina Before the Civil War. Raleigh, NC: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966.
Badger, Anthony. Prosperity Road: The New Deal, Tobacco, and North Carolina.
Chapel Hill: The U of North Carolina P, 1980.
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