TOBACCO BY THE MILE
Ixmg ago, when "thin twist" tobacco could 'be bought for 3d an ounce, it was the practice in some districts to gauge half an ounce of twist by seeing if it would nearly encircle the neck. Roughly, an ounce and a-half of thin twist measures a yard, and a man smoking three ounces a week will turn about a hfindred yards into smoke in a year. Half a million smokers will burn sufficient quantity to encircle tha globe, with more than 3,050 miles to spare. The total length of all the cigarettes smoked by Britishers in the course of a year is almost incomputable. A total of some 4,400,000,000 were supplied to the Army along during the war, and these, if placed end to end, would have encircled the globe eight times. Their total weight would be close- on 5,000 tons, and their value, at retail prices, would be roughly, £6,000.000.
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Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 7
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155TOBACCO BY THE MILE Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 7
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