Harvesting South 

 Carolina tobacco. 



Courtesy Cooperative 

 Extension Service, 

 Clemson University 



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lion. With 19,338 retail outlets selling tobacco 

 products in the state, consumers have ready access 

 to the products of their choice. Total retail sales 

 of cigarettes alone in 1971 came to well over 

 $102 million. 



uttressing tlie economy 



Ever since a federal excise was established on 

 manufactured tobacco, the various tobacco prod- 

 ucts have been heavily taxed. The tax on finished 

 commodities was first applied in 1862. Cigarettes 

 were included in the tax in 1864. Since the incep- 

 tion of the tobacco excise the total yield to the 

 United States Treasury through June 1971 has 

 been over $60 billion. 



The current federal rate on each package of 20 

 cigarettes is eight cents. It was "temporarily" 

 raised from seven cents in 1952. 



Tobacco has supported thousands of people in 

 South Carolina and created thousands of jobs for 

 many years. With the purchase of tobacco as a 

 consumer item, South Carolinians have contrib- 

 uted vast sums of money to the state's treasury. 

 Since 1923 when the first tax on tobacco products 



