Facts / Figures
January 1, 2018
Tobacco manufacturing generates very few jobs, and those jobs are declining due to the tobacco industry’s automation and mechanization of the manufacturing process.
Source: Vulovic V. Tobacco Control Policies and Employment. A Tobacconomics Policy Brief. Chicago, IL:Tobacconomics, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinoisat Chicago, 2018.