Farmworkers picked tobacco leaves by hand, carried them under their arms or stacked them on the ground in fields, and then carried them to carts to be transported to curing barns
While cigarette smoking among adults has declined, it remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States, and some groups continue to be affected more than others, said Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director of CDCs Office on Smoking and Health
Trading companies had confined their operations to the Coast, with natives from the interior bringing their goods to the Coast on the shoulders of bearers at considerable expense
Mosquitoes are commonly found close to standing water, which is abundant in boggy areas, swamps, marshes and wetlands