About three men would stand on each tier of rafters inside the 40-foot-high, tin-roofed tobacco-curing barn, handing the sticks over their heads to the man above.

CIGARETTES are the leading cause of death in the UK – killing around 76,000 people per year. So, it’s hard to believe the toxic tobacco sticks were once used as a medicine. From th… ...

Stringers would tie them onto a tobacco stick that was laid across a wooden contraption called a "horse." These sticks would then be hung in the barn for curing, and the process repeated the ...

In the study, published in Tobacco Control, researchers compared death rates among a group of more than 116,000 men who participated in an ongoing cancer prevention study from 1982 to 2002.

The barn is not on fire. The smoke you see is a byproduct of the tobacco curing process. For over a century, tobacco farmers in our area have been growing, harvesting and curing tobacco.

But if you see flames, call 911. According to Montgomery County, tobacco farmers in their area have been growing, harvesting, and curing tobacco for over a century.

It is places like curing barns – hot, sweaty, enclosed, and surrounded by tobacco – where people get really sick. His 17-year-old son, he added, has also vomited while working with tobacco.

A new tobacco product being sold in Kansas has prompted warnings from state health officials, who say the tiny "smokeless tobacco sticks" could pose a danger to children.