tobacco field painting Art Prints by Dona & Jerry Locklair A painting by National Park Service artist Sydney King. Harvesting Tobacco In Early Virginia

This article intends to look into the ecological costs of smoking, nicotine and how it affects all of us

BY STUART SPENCER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION

At a vulnerable stage, it is too easy to get sucked back in by having just one. Remember, tobacco causes a physical addiction and you must stay away completely

"I've got a chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet," the song said, "I can't talk to people that I meet." Those were the days when I was living the life of one of those well intentioned, do-gooder and highly innocent middle class nerds with my wife and three delightful kids in a house nestled in the scenic Watchung Hills of suburban Berkeley Heights, New Jersey