The data displays the leading U.S. states based on tobacco production from 2014 to 2017. In North Carolina, some 331.8 million pounds of tobacco were produced in 2016. China was the largest tobacco producer worldwide in that year.
Tobacco industryTobacco is a plant product containing mainly nicotine, cellulose, ammonia, and protein. In order for tobacco to be suitable for human consumption, the tobacco leaves are dried and cured after picking them at the plant and separating them from their stems. Various tobacco products can be manufactured from the processed dried leaves including cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco and shisha tobacco.
