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re: Do you know anybody who works for a Tobacco company or in the industry?
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:17 pm to DiamondDog
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:17 pm to DiamondDog
My wife's family, but they are from
Virginia and from a tobacco plantation family. Her Grandma was the executive social secretary or something like that for a tobacco company. (She planned all social events) Her cousins swear that she used to give them Cigarettes when they were teenagers. This is seriously debated but no debate she gave them candy cigarettes when they were kids. She smoked all her life and had a touch every afternoon and lived to almost 100, but her husband died of smoking-related emphysema and his 50s.
I buried my father when I was 19 due to a massive heart attack that I have doubt was related to his 2 pack a day habit and I swore I would never date a smoker but somehow married one although she quit when she had kids.
Virginia and from a tobacco plantation family. Her Grandma was the executive social secretary or something like that for a tobacco company. (She planned all social events) Her cousins swear that she used to give them Cigarettes when they were teenagers. This is seriously debated but no debate she gave them candy cigarettes when they were kids. She smoked all her life and had a touch every afternoon and lived to almost 100, but her husband died of smoking-related emphysema and his 50s.
I buried my father when I was 19 due to a massive heart attack that I have doubt was related to his 2 pack a day habit and I swore I would never date a smoker but somehow married one although she quit when she had kids.
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Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:45 pm to DiamondDog
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Do you know anybody who works for a Tobacco company or in the industry
I used to be.
I worked for the Tobacco Division of USDA. It is a very interesting industry and you would be amazed at some of the places it is produced. In its prime there were 1,100 acres of Perique tobacco in Louisiana. The last time I checked there were 12 acres.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:10 pm to DiamondDog
Yes. I know many in the cigar business.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:11 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
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In its prime there were 1,100 acres of Perique tobacco in Louisiana. The last time I checked there were 12 acres
I believe it is still highly valued.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:13 pm to Havoc
It is highly prized.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:28 pm to DiamondDog
... I don't know anyone except my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grand father was one of the first families of Virginia. He owned 1,287 acres in Henrico County Virginia and grew tobacco as his crop, shipped to England. This was in 1654 , guess he started it all , maybe.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:35 pm to DiamondDog
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Do you know anybody who works for a Tobacco company or in the industry?
Yes I do
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:21 pm to DiamondDog
My first job out of college - way back in the 90’s - was with a tobacco company as a territory manager. We had several brands of loose leaf chewing tobacco, including Beech Nut. It was a hell of a job for someone in their early 20’s with account management, golfing, drinking, free samples at farm/hunting events. I miss that job…good times.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:50 pm to MISSOURI WALTZ
quote:We planted about a quarter acre of Perique in Livingston Parish probably a decade ago. Stuff grew like crazy and ended up with huge leaves hanging in our barns for 6 months or whatever. Never ended up doing anything with it--buddy of mine who gave me the seeds ended up having a heart attack and giving up pipe tobacco. No idea what it's worth, but it dang sure liked our soil.
In its prime there were 1,100 acres of Perique tobacco in Louisiana. The last time I checked there were 12 acres.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:07 pm to DiamondDog
Imagine spending your entire life working 40 hours a week to give people cancer
Couldn’t be me
Couldn’t be me
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:54 pm to Havoc
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I believe it is still highly valued.
It is a condiment tobacco. It was mainly used in pipe tobacco for its aromatic properties. How may people do you know today who smoke pipes?
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:40 pm to DiamondDog
It like finding a Monsanto employee…
Posted on 2/22/25 at 11:49 pm to DiamondDog
My friends daughter is a salesperson for Swisher Sweets. She's the only one I know.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:23 am to DiamondDog
I used to work for one of the big producers. Pretty much a corporate job like everywhere else. Except smoking was allowed in the offices far after every other office banned it.
Interestingly around the time I left most had actually quit smoking cigarettes and switched to vaping.
Interestingly around the time I left most had actually quit smoking cigarettes and switched to vaping.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 1:18 am to MISSOURI WALTZ
Perique is the stuff of legend all over the the world. Small farms right outside NOLA.
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