About 49% of millennials think the nation's best years are ahead, the survey found. That's a higher percentage than among baby boomers (44%) and generation X (42%), the generation between boomers and millennials.
1 Farms in the United States produced nearly 800 million pounds of tobacco in 2012. 2  In 2012, tobacco was grown in 19 U.S. states, with North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia accounting for nearly 80% of production.n 2012, tobacco companies spent $9.6 billion marketing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States alone. This amount translates to about $26 million each day, or more than $1 million every hour. 1.
California raises legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. A man smokes a cigarette Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in San Francisco. SACRAMENTO, Calif. â The governor of California on Wednesday approved raising the legal age to buy tobacco for smoking, dipping, chewing and vaping from 18 to 21. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said he signed the measure along with four others restricting tobacco use in various ways.