CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO
INCREASE IN UNITED KINGDOM PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN EMPIRE LEAF United Press Association—By Eleotrlo Telegraph—Copyright. United Service.
LONDON, 9th August. Owing to the extension of the cigarette habit, particularly among women, the consumption of tobacco, which was 2.41 b per capita in 1914, rose to 3.41 b last year. The consumption in 1907 was divided as follows:—71 per cent, pipes; 23.8 per cent, cigarettes; 5.2 per cent, cigars. "1n"1924 the figures were:— Pipes, 40 per cent.; cigarettes, 58.5 per cent.; cigars, 1.5 per cent.; Supplies of Empire leaf increased from 3.3 per cent, in 1921 to 18.4 per cent, last year, mostly pipe tobacco. Tlie world’s production in 1926 was 4900 million, pounds. .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 August 1928, Page 7
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