Show Cigarettes Cost Money III SPECIAL TO CLIPPER What has been the effect of the smoking anti campaign on cigarette smoking in Davis County HOW MUCH are local people peo peo- plc pic smoking these days compared compared compared com com- pared with those in other areas Judging from the latest regional figures on cigarette sales a growing number of local residents have cut down on their consumption Many have given up the habit completely com com- ORGANIZATIONS and individuals individuals in individuals in- in who are active inthe inthe in inthe the crusade against smoking believe that this decline now in n its third year in most sections sections sections sec sec- of the country is the thereal thereal thereal real thing This is seen in nationwide surveys made by the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of oC Agriculture the Tobacco Tobacco Tobacco To To- bacco Tax Council and others on the rate of oC consumption inthe inthe in inthe the past year IN DAVIS County according according accord accord- ing ng to a breakdown of these figures an estimated packs of cigarettes w were v e ere r e smoked in the year Related to the local population population population pop pop- over age 18 this was equivalent of packs per person IN SOME parts of the country the rate of consumption tion was considerably greater than this and in other areas smaller The national average among persons over 18 was packs In the mountain states it was packs ACCORDING TO a recent estimate by the National Center Center Center Cen Cen- ter for Health Statistics about Americans gave up cigarette smoking in a period of one year It feels as a result that the situation is quite different than it was in 1964 when cigarette sales dropped for forthe forthe forthe the first time in to many years following the surgeon gen eral's report linking smoking smoking smoking ing with lung cancer and heart disease THAT DROP was short-lived short however Within a few months people were puffing away at their usual rate and sales were back to normal More recently the public has been taking to heart the warnings from health officials and has been making a serious effort to cut down on its consumption AS AS TO THE cost of ing approximately 97 billion billion billion bil bil- bil- bil lion was spent for cigarettes in the United States in the year Davis County's share of the I i bill was or a about boat 36 per smoker |