Cutting Smoking--and Jobs

Seriously, I'm not obssessed with smoking. These items just keep coming over the transom this week. The Maysville (Ky.) Ledger Independent reports that efforts to cut smoking nationally could cost some federal employees in Kentucky their jobs. As the federal price support system for tobacco shuts down, USDA's Farm Service Agency is looking to close some of its 90 offices across the state. Offices within 20 miles of each other are in the crosshairs, with employees slated to be offered early retirement incentives to cut the workforce.