1.   Bowling, a descendant of John Rolfe, the first colonist to raise tobacco in America, was born in Covington, Ky.

2.   Got Al Gore to quit raising tobacco on his Tennessee farm.

3.   Last Wednesday, the vice president, who once raised tobacco on his Tennessee farm, visited Akron for an anti-smoking event.

4.   The only son, Arnaldo, started raising tobacco when he took over the farm.

5.   Throughout most of my life, I raised tobacco.

6.   Ray Emerson has raised tobacco in Pittsylvania County all his life, and his son joined him in the family business.

7.   Clinton proposed paying for additional spending by raising tobacco taxes, levies charged industry to cover toxic waste cleanups and other revenues -- proposals Republicans have turned down.

8.   He and his twin bother, Kevin, and their father, Maurice, have raised burley tobacco in Garrard County for many years.