i^orf/ and the econ- 

 the English settled 

 teas soon expanded 

 t trade. Production 

 til the popularity of 

 Hus to tobacco farm- 

 pcport of leaf groion 

 U the Massachusetts 

 important as a ship- 

 1 



{Massachusetts farm- 

 Ihave produced cigar 

 some fifty years the 

 f lias been a highly 

 harvests of this type 



I outlet for tobacco 

 ire. The estimated 

 {ties sold in the state 

 fver 13.5 billion ciga- 

 iftpv xwrv r/mrf^miTij-imtssucrrtKtetts consuniers in the 

 IT ending June 1970. The tax jmid by them for ciga- 

 rettes alone yielded over $81.5 million to the state's 

 treasury, apart from the federal cigarette tax of nearly 

 $55 million. 



Tobacco Ilistonj Scries 



THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE 



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1776 K Strrct. N.W 



, W ashington, D. C. 20006 



1971 



Tobacco production methods and tobacco marketing 

 procedures are identical in Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut. Connecticut and TnJnwm i\ nlso avaihible 

 for readers. 



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