Tobacco farmers are often caught in the middle of efforts to control tobacco products and thus reduce consumption, and tobacco industry interests that work vigorously to maintain their economic profitability 3. A second limitation is that we do not capture the important dynamic around the thousands of tenant farmers on the large tobacco estates, for whom the research demonstrates gross exploitation by estate owners 35 , The seedlings must be started in the winter under cover. As a result, farmers must be willing to consider other options for some chemicals, and there are other options available, Palmer said. Follow label directions when using pesticides.