Stringing wrapper leaf on automatic sewing mechanism 

 Courtesy Cigar Institute of America 



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anuf actured products 



The people of Massachusetts are no different from 

 tliose in the rest of tlie country in their marked prefer- 

 ence for cigarettes. In the year ending June 1970 they 

 bought 679.8 million packages manufactured in the 

 United States. The estimated wholesale value of to- 

 bacco commodities and related goods distributed in 

 Massachusetts during 1970 totaled $184,591,231. Of this 

 total cigarettes accounted for $156,145,779; cigars, 

 $19,596,638. 



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