Tobacco specialists examining Bright tobacco 

 being "bulk" cured 



Americans— the largest consumers of tobacco anywhere 

 in the world. A trade estimate of the wholesale value 

 of manufactured tobacco distributed within the state 

 in 1971 is about $112,296,606. Of this total, cigarettes 

 represented over $98.7 million; cigars, almost $10 mil- 

 lion and smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco and snuff, 

 about $3.7 million. With 31,253 retail outlets selling 

 tobacco products, consumers have ready access to the 

 products of their choice. Total retail sales of cigarettes 

 alone in the state in 1971 came to an estimated $190 

 million, including a 20-cent federal and state excise tax 

 on each pack. 



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