The business of tobacco in the United States is ex- 

 tensive. 



In 1969, for instance, some 3 miUion farmers and their 

 helpers worked more than a half miUion tobacco farms. 

 They produced in the range of 1 biUion 800 milHon 

 pounds of fine leaf. For this, American and foreign buy- 

 ers paid them over $1.4 billion. 



Almost every industrial section and many non-tobacco 

 farming communities participate in some phase of the 

 tobacco business. A considerable labor force is required 

 to auction off tobacco, to process and transport it, to 

 manufacture and distribute it. From the fields and 

 orchards, the factories and plants in over half the states 

 of the Union there is a steady flow of materials, machin- 

 ery and equipment to manufacturers of tobacco located 

 in some 25 states. 



The chief part of the tobacco harvested each year in 

 22 states is converted into large quantities of tobacco 

 goods. In 1969 these totaled almost 558 biUion cigarettes, 

 over 8 billion cigars and cigarillos, over 64 million 

 pounds of smoking tobacco, some 70 million pounds of 

 chewing tobacco and more than 28 miUion pounds of 

 snuff. Over 1.5 miUion retail outlets meet the consumer 

 demand of Americans for these tobacco products. 



The preparation of cigarettes alone requires millions 

 of dollars in additional material. Cigarette manufactur- 

 ers, in 1968, used 40 milUon pounds of cellophane, 70 

 milUon pounds of aluminum foil, 27 biUion printed 

 packs, 2.7 billion cartons, and employed over 1.5 million 



