Show SMOKE SMOKE americans burning more cigarettes cigarette consumption in the U S in 1947 ascended to an all time high for the consecutive year despite spectacular wartime gains which would have made a subsequent postwar decline no great surprise to the industry according to an article in the may edition of 0 business comment bulletin of northern Nort heni trust company total output ot of billion cigarettes last yeli was 5 per cent greater than ani 1046 per capita cigarette consumption in the U S has followed an upward trend alth minor interruptions since elior to world war I 1 th the 1 l bank reported ri rj ported on a por per capita basis c Cri jumped from 1 in 1914 2400 la in 1817 1047 |