FEWER GIRL SMOKERS

Evening Star, Issue 20316, 26 October 1929, Page 27

FEWER GIRL SMOKERS

Smoking is not so popular among London girls as it was five years ago. This information, - surprising in the light of the recent revelation that the country’s cigarette consumption had touched 38,000,000,000 last year, was given by the proprietor of a busy retail tobacconist’s shop near Kingsway (says a ‘Daily News’ writer). Although his cigarette turnover has increased considerably, he finds that the number of his women clientele has dropped nearly to one-halt. “ I notice that the biggest falling off among my customers are the girls whom I should take to bo in their twenties.” he remarked. “The number of younger girls, too. '8 decreasing, although I have many regular customers among junior typists and '-lerks for a daily twenty. “ Personally, I think that the changed habit is due to more games, such as tennis and swimming. The girls, like their brothers, won’t smoke because they are frightened of overdoing it and hurting theii game Although fewer London girls are buying cigarettes, he was careful to impress on me that those who do buy them consume larger quantities. “ You’d be surprised ho., many women customers 1 have who come in every day for a box of twenty-five, be said. “ I have several regular orders on my books to deliver a box of 100 twice a week. “These are the women whom yon .see smoking on buses, in cinemas, in restaurants, giving you the impression that London is full of women smokers. They can’t go half an hour without a cigarette ”