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Show j SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE j Americans Burning More Cigarettes Cigarette consumption In the U. S. in 1947 ascended to an all-time high for the 14th consecutive year, despite spectacular wartime gains which would have made a subsequent subse-quent postwar decline no great surprise sur-prise to the Industry. According to 'an article in the May i edition of "Business Comment" j b die tin of Northern Trust company, total output of 370 billion cigarettes last year was S per cent greater than in 1946. "Per capita cigarette consumption In the U. S. has followed an upward trend, with minor Interruptions, since prior to World War I," the bank reported. On a per capita basis consumption jumped from 100 in 1914 to 3.400 In 1947 |