Where Will British American Tobacco Stock Be in 1 Year?

The main attraction of British American Tobacco (BTI -0.17%) is the stock's huge 9.7% dividend yield. That's a shockingly high number for a consumer staples maker. It's understandable that income investors would find the yield attractive -- or at least attractive enough to dig into the cigarette maker's backstory.Here's the thing -- in a year, the story won't change all that much. But the real question (if you want to live off that dividend over the long term) is: How many bad years can the business withsta ...