The New Economy
January 4, 2010 - by
Go back 50 years in North Carolina
Tobacco was king in North Carolina
WRAL-TV started its broadcast days (after a devotional) with the Farm Report. The News & Observer had a regular farm reporter.
And the health of the tobacco economy was always Topic A.
Suppose you had told North Carolinians then that, in 50 years, you would not be able to smoke in a building, restaurant or bar in North Carolina.
Suppose you had told them then that, in 50 years, the state’s cigarette, textile and furniture industries would have shuttered plants and laid off thousands of employees.
The 1960-era Tar Heels would probably have expected us to become an economic disaster area, lagging somewhere behind Mississippi
Instead, the tobacco ban is welcomed in thousands of new offices, businesses, restaurants and stores across the state – populated by millions of people who are happy about the smoking ban. And working in fields not imagined 50 years ago.
Change happens.
The New Economy
January 4, 2010/
Go back 50 years in North Carolina
Tobacco was king in North Carolina
WRAL-TV started its broadcast days (after a devotional) with the Farm Report. The News & Observer had a regular farm reporter.
And the health of the tobacco economy was always Topic A.
Suppose you had told North Carolinians then that, in 50 years, you would not be able to smoke in a building, restaurant or bar in North Carolina.
Suppose you had told them then that, in 50 years, the state’s cigarette, textile and furniture industries would have shuttered plants and laid off thousands of employees.
The 1960-era Tar Heels would probably have expected us to become an economic disaster area, lagging somewhere behind Mississippi
Instead, the tobacco ban is welcomed in thousands of new offices, businesses, restaurants and stores across the state – populated by millions of people who are happy about the smoking ban. And working in fields not imagined 50 years ago.
Change happens.