ABSTRACT 



Cigar tobacco — filler, binder, and wrapper — was produced in seven States in 1971 

 and accounted for 3.9 percent of total U.S. tobacco production. General economic 

 trends, rising imports, and industrial developments brought a two-thirds decline in 

 cigar tobacco acreage during 1950-71. thus reducing acreage to 37.000. In six of the 

 seven producing States, farm employment declined. Farm wage rates more than 

 doubled, but tobacco prices did not keep pace. Regression analysis for 1957-71 

 explained 98 percent of the year-to-year variations in filler and binder acreage and 91 

 percent in wrapper. Farm tobacco prices and trend were the major factors associated 

 with acreage variations. Further acreage decline is likely in the future. 



Keywords: Cigar tobacco. Acreage. Economic trends, and Regression analysis. 



Washington. D. C. 20250 December 1973 



