The Pipe Tobacco Council, an industry group, estimates 52 million pounds of pipe tobacco were sold in the United States in 1970. Last year, the figure was 7.1 million pounds, a decline of 86 percent.

Daniel Morris, who tracks tobacco production data at the Oregon Department of Health, thought he had made a mistake when he saw April's figures. Pipe tobacco production had more than doubled in a ...

Daniel Morris, who tracks tobacco production data at the Oregon Department of Health, thought he had made a mistake when he saw April's figures. Pipe tobacco production had more than doubled in a ...

But over the same time, the use of pipe tobacco and large cigars skyrocketed, by factors of 5.82 and 3.33 respectively, the agency reported. Read this story on www.medpagetoday.com.

WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama signed a law expanding children’s health insurance this spring, he slapped tobacco companies with huge tax increases to pay for it. It didn&#821… ...

By contrast, the tax on pipe tobacco was increased by the same 158% as the cigarette tax, going from $1.10 a pound to $2.83 a bound. The tax on big cigars, which is imposed as a percent of the ...

The Missouri Meerschaum factory in Washington, Mo., is the only place in the world that manufactures corn cob pipes made famous by such historical figures as Mark Twain and General Douglas MacArthur.

Tobacco used in pipes is cured and contains nicotine and the same carcinogens as cigarettes. Pipe smokers are more likely to get cancer of the lungs, liver, head, and neck than nonsmokers.