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Roger Wilson, who operates a tobacco warehouse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], said his auction market has been overrun with contracted leaf rejected by tobacco companies. He predicted his warehouse in Mount Sterling will sell up to 6 million pounds of leaf this season, up from about 4 million pounds the prior season. He also draws tobacco from farmers who raised burley without a contract.
But farmers are grumbling about auction sale prices that started out averaging $1.40 per pound at his warehouse but have since dropped to around $1.10 a pound, he said. Since his income is based on a percentage of sales, plus a handling fee, his revenue could fall, despite the influx of leaf.
Nearly 46 million Americans smoke traditional cigarettes. About 40 percent try to quit cold turkey or with other nicotine replacements each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But unlike patches or gums, e-smokes have operated in a legal gray area.
Users and distributors say e-cigarettes address both the nicotine addiction and the behavioral aspects of smoking _ the holding of the cigarette, the puffing, seeing the smoke come out and the hand motion _ without the more than 4,000 chemicals found in a traditional cigarette.
First marketed worldwide in 2002 as an alternative to regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes didn't become easily available in the U.S. until late 2006. Now, the industry has grown from the thousands in 2006 to several million worldwide, with estimated 20,000 to 30,000 new e-smokers every week, according to Jason Healy, the president of e-cigarette maker Blu Cigs.