PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF LEAF TOBACCO 
USED IN PRODUCTS, 1925-47 
1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 
J BASED ON INTERNAL REVENUE REPORTS OF UNSTEMMED EQUIVALENT LEAF USED 1925-45 
AND PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR 1946 AND 1947 
* INCLUDES SMALL CIGARS ^INCLUDES LARGE CIGARETTES 
II. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE N EG. 46637 BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 
Cigarettes accounted for nearly 75 percent of all tobacco used in 1943-47 compared 
to around 40 percent in 1925-29. Total tobacco use in United States manufacturers in- 
creased from an annual average of 750 million pounds (unstemmed weight equivalent) in 
1925-29 to around 1,300 million pounds in 1943-47. Cigarette use increased even more 
as quantities used for smoking, chewing, and cigars declined. The decline in the con- 
sumption of smoking and chewing accounts for a drop in the proportion of tobacco used 
in those products from 35 to 'ess than 15 percent of the total. The smaller proportion 
of tobacco used in cigars in recent years results mostly from the expansion in total 
tobacco use, as actual quantities declined only moderately. Snuff though comprising a 
smaller percentage share of total tobacco use in recent years was actually manufactured 
in somewhat larger volume than in 1925-29. 
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