The article written in the Journal of Medical Association is about a study to determine whether declines in tobacco product sales significantly reduce employment in the United States, as the tobacco industry claims. Computer simulation of the economies of the Southeast Tobacco region and 8 non-tobacco regions of the United States, with domestic tobacco expenditures eliminated or reduced and the equivalent spending redistributed, according to consumers' normal spending patterns. They compared these results with baseline forecasts …showed first 75 words of 265 total…

…showed last 75 words of 265 total…employment in the Southeast Tobacco region by as much as the industry estimates. The primary concern about tobacco should be the size of its toll on health and not its impact on employment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited "Employment Implications of Declining Tobacco Product Sales for the Regional Economies of the United States," by Kenneth E. Warner, George A. Fulton, Peter Nicolas, and Donald R. Grimes, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 275, 1241-1246 (April 24, 1996).