As governor of Wisconsin, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tommy G. Thompson received more than $70,000 in campaign donations from the Philip Morris Cos. in the past seven years, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Bush's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services has visited three continents at the expense of a major tobacco company, including a trip to ...

Charlotte Thompson, 74, Port Tobacco Charlotte “Faye” Thompson, 74, of Port Tobacco died May 25, 2012, at Civista Medical Center, La Plata. Born May 6, 1938, in Chatham Hill, Va., she was the daughter ...

Reedsburg’s newest business owner once played pro football for teams like the Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and, for a short time, the Green Bay Packers. Not only that, ...

Joseph Roosevelt Thompson, 75, Port Tobacco Joseph Roosevelt Thompson, 75, of Port Tobacco died April 18, 2012, at home. Born June 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Joseph P. Thompson and the late ...

President Clinton's recently announced plans to restrict tobacco advertising seen by teen-agers and to have nicotine classified as a drug, have left many tobacco farmers fearing that their farming ...

“Hey, it bit me!” cried Joe Thompson, grinning as he looked at the thing in his hands. The thing looked more or less like a shrimp … a shrimp from outer space. It was about 6 inches long, with spiny ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- On Jackie Thompson's farm on the Wake-Franklin County line, things have changed a lot over the years. "Our area is being inundated by urbanization," Thompson says. But even as ...

North Carolina may try and save tobacco families by giving them what most people pay for. A plan being offered would pay the college tuitions of those hurt by tobacco's fading value. The idea is ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A study by the American Lung Association shows that tobacco control in South Carolina is poor and in dire need of improvements. Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable ...