Chapter 18 Pipes And Cigars

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Pipes And Cigars: General

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Total US cigar consumption was 9 billion in 1964. By 1994, it had dropped to 2.2

billion. However, the market for imported premium cigars costing $1.25 or more,

mostly from Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, increased

from 88 million in 1989 to 122 million in 1994.

New York Times, January 30, 1995, p. C7

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About $1 billion worth of cigars were sold in the US in 1995; women account for 2% of

the 10 million cigar smokers, up from 0.1% a decade ago. 170 million premium

cigars were sold in 1995, up 32% from 1994.

USA Today, June 25, 1996, p. B1

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U.S. cigar consumption in the first five months of 1996 was up 51% from the same

period the previous year. Total consumption increased from 3.4 billion in 1993 to 4

billion cigars in 1995.

USA Today, August 16, 1996

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In 1996, cigar consumption reached 4.4 billion, or $1.25 billion in retail sales. The

market's peak was in 1973, when Americans smoked more than 11.2 billion cigars.

New York Times, February 16, 1997, p. F3

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1973 was the high-water mark of cigar consumption in American, with 11.2 billion

smoked, an average of 54 cigars for every person in the country. In 1993,

consumption bottomed out at 3.4 billion, the lowest annual total since records began

being kept in 1920.

New York Times magazine, June 29, 1997, p. 34

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