304 TOBACCO. 



Pounds of tobacco for chewing and smoking, 

 253,962,139. 



Total, 265,126,490. 



The taxes on this tobacco were $31,000,493.07. 



The amount expended annually in the United 

 States for tobacco is $600,000,000, while in Chi- 

 cago $24,500 are daily spent for cigars alone. 



The tobacco revenue which Great Britain re- 

 ceived during the last year was 10,135,666 pounds, 

 or 49,056,623 dollars. 



CHEERING ITEMS. 



In the thick clouds of discouragement that sur- 

 round this tobacco subject, there are a few rifts 

 through which the light is breaking. 



A Senate committee on epidemic diseases has 

 recommended to Congress the prohibition of for- 

 eign cigarettes and of their sale in the District of 

 Columbia and in the territories. 



LIFE INSURANCE. 



There is encouragement in the fact that life insur- 

 ance companies are coming more and more to under- 

 stand the effect of tobacco upon the health, and 

 especially the liability to sudden deaths from the 

 f ' tobacco heart." The following instance is given 

 on the authority of a well-known smoker : " The 

 North TTestern Life Insurance Company refused 

 to insure an applicant, of whose condition they 

 were aware, unless he would absolutely renounce 



