Show Davis Davos O Residents edA Are Smoking Me L TO THE CLIPPER I II I To what extent has the population lation lalion Hof of Davis Davis Davis- County been swayed by the various medical reports that cigarette smoking is detrimental to health NOT MUCH judging from the latest figures on cigarette sales in the area Local residents residents residents resi resi- dents it appears arc are smoking more than the they ever did This is in line with the reports reports re 1 re- re ports coming in from other parts of oC the countr country They show that nearly neally billion cigarettes cigarettes cigar cigar- ettes 25 billion packs were consumed in the United States during 1961 an increase of oC four percent over the pre year Part of oC it was due to the growth gro in population DAVIS COUNTY'S contribution contribution tion to this total was some packs on the basis of oC regional statistics issued by the tobacco industry and nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide data from Crom the Department of oC Agriculture It H represented an average of oC packs a year for Cor each local person of age 14 or over THIS TillS WAS A lower rate rate of or consumption than was found inthe inthe in inthe the United States Stales generally among those of smoking age The average was packs a year ear In the Mountain States Stales it packs per per per- son Since the 54 1953 period when sales dropped sharply upon the news that there thereas was as a statistical cal link between and lung cancer there has been a steady increase in in cigarette consumption PEOPLE WERE WEltE reassured by the tobacco industry's safe safe- quickly put on the market and by the toab co industry's safety safety safety safe safe- ty claims for them The use of tobacco in other forms Corms has also been breaking records Last year according to the Department of Agriculture ture lure million cigars were smoked 75 million pounds of tobacco were used for Cor pipes and for roll roll youx your roll ouro n own cigarettes cigarettes cigar- cigar ettes elles and another 99 million pounds for chewing tobacco and for snuff While the money that goes Tor or cigarettes doesn't seem to tobe tobe tobe be a big expenditure buying hem a pack or two at a time it t adds up to a huge amount onan on onan an m annual basis Smokers in the Sta States s paid 69 billion in tn 1961 for this little diversion di the figures show t i In Davis cost was equal to 28 18 per I smoker I a. a i J f |