Source:  FRANCO ORDOÑEZ -Washington Correspondent, Newsobserver.com, 2/25/12

WASHINGTON -- North Carolina tobacco farmers fear they could lose a significant portion of their export business if health advocates win a battle to carve tobacco out of a major trade agreement being negotiated with eight countries on the Pacific Rim

 

The American Medical Association and several other health groups are insisting the Obama administration put public health priorities ahead of commercial interests.

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