What Others Say

Source from:  lfpress.ca By THE CANADIAN PRESS Sat, August 2, 2008 08/04/2008

Brian Baswick, 53, a third-generation tobacco grower, said the dominant feeling among growers is relief. "There was just way too much pressure on this community -- through no fault of our own -- and it needed to be lifted," said Baswick, who expects this to be his last crop after more than 30 years in the business. "This is just about finding a way to move forward." Rob Cunningham, of the Canadian Cancer Society, criticized the exit strategy, given that the federal government has called off its anti-smoking advertising campaign and its aboriginal anti-smoking strategy. "It's a problem that these initiatives have been eliminated, but there is now $300 million for tobacco farmers," Cunningham said from Ottawa. Enditem