Tobacco farming, production and sales have dropped in North Carolina in recent years.
That's according to data collected by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which is lobbying for the Food and Drug Administration to be given regulatory control over tobacco.
From 1992 to 2007, the number of tobacco farms in North Carolina has dropped from 17,625 to 2,622, a 79 percent drop. Total farm acreage dedicated to tobacco went from 283,900 to 170,083, a 47 percent drop.
Tobacco manufacturing has gone down as well, from 12,268 jobs in 1997 to 8,760 in 2006, a 29 percent drop.
And even the sale of cigarettes has gone down, from 922.5 million packs in 1998 to 669.9 million packs in 2008, a 27 percent drop.
Data comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a U.S. Census Bureau survey of manufacturers and industry-funded research.
Previously: North Carolina senators oppose FDA regulation.
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