Tooele County Chronicle | 1948-05-28 | Page 8 | Americans Burning More Cigarettes

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE americans burning more cigarettes cigarette consumption in the U S in 1947 ascended to an all time high tor for the consecutive year yea r desepte desp te spectacular wartime gains which would have made a suase quent postwar decline no great sur prise to the industry according to an article in the may edition of business comment bulletin of northern trust company total output of billion c garettes gazettes gar ettes last year was 5 per cent greater than in 1948 1946 per capita cigarette consumption in the U S has followed an upward trend with minor interruptions since prior to world war I 1 th bank reported on a per capita basis consumption jumped from in 1914 to 2 in 1947