PREFACE 
Tobacco is a commodity that is of major importance to United States 
agriculture and business. It usually ranks fifth among field crops in 
cash receipts to farmers, and is fifth in value among agricultural export 
classifications. It is a major source of revenue for Federal, State, and 
local governments (receipts totaled over 3.3 billion dollars for the fis- 
cal year 1964-65). About 2 percent of consumer expenditures goes for 
tobacco products (8.6 billion dollars in 1965). 
CONTENTS 
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Reference guide for tobacco information. ....... - 59 
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Prepared and arranged by Albert Doub, Jr., and Alice Wolfe, Tobacco 
Division, Consumer and Marketing Service. 
