Economic Research Science Briefing Room

Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative - a cooperative marketing association organized in 1946, which is owned by and serves the flue-cured tobacco farmers from the "bright leaf area" of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

Friends of Tobacco - a grass-roots organization dedicated to preserving an essential part of America's history and future.

International Tobacco Growers' Association - voice of thousands of tobacco farmers all over the world.

Tobacco Journal International - information for and about the tobacco industry.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - manufactures nearly one out of every four cigarettes sold in the United States.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms / Tobacco Programs - a law enforcement organization within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, who enforces the federal laws and regulations relating to tobacco, including the collection of tobacco excise taxes and to qualify applicants for permits to manufacture tobacco products or operate tobacco export warehouses.