Tobacco Capital of the USA

So I have been spending the past few days in the great state of North Carolina and one thing that has stuck out for me, besides the amount of trees, is all the promotion for cigarettes. I think it is AWESOME how a state can choose to still promote cigarettes with billboards all over the place. Also, they still have cigarette vending machines. All the stuff you would expect to be outlawed. But, tobacco farming is such a huge industry here, it seems to okay. The people in NC realize how important that money is to their economy. Very cool!