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Consumption Data

Total and per capita adult yearly consumption of manufactured cigarettes and percentage changes in per capita consumption—United States,* 1900–2004

Year Total Cigarettes
(billion)		 Cigarettes
Per Capita†
 Percentage Changes
(per capita
consumption from
previous year)
1900 2.5 54  
1901 2.5 53 – 1.9
1902 2.8 60 + 13.2
1903 3.1 64 +  6.7
1904 3.3 66 +  3.1
1905 3.6 70 +  6.1
1906 4.5 86 + 22.9
1907 5.3 99 + 15.1
1908 5.7 105  + 6.1
1909 7.0 125 + 19.0
1910 8.6 151 + 20.8
1911 10.1 173 + 14.6
1912 13.2 223 + 28.9
1913 15.8 260 + 16.6
1914 16.5 267 +  2.7
1915 17.9 285  +  6.7
1916 25.2 395 + 38.6
1917 35.7  551 + 39.5
1918 45.6 697 + 26.5
1919 48.0 727 +  4.3
1920 44.6 665 –  8.5
1921 50.7 742 + 11.6
1922 53.4 770 +  3.8
1923 64.4 911 + 18.3
1924 71.0 982 +  7.8
1925 79.8 1,085 + 10.5
1926 89.1 1,191 +  9.8
1927 97.5 1,279 +  7.4
1928 106.0 1,366 +  6.8
1929 118.6 1,504 + 10.1
1930 119.3 1,485 –  1.3
1931 114.0 1,399 –  5.8
1932 102.8 1,245 – 11.0
1933 111.6 1,334 +  7.1
1934 125.7 1,483 + 11.2
1935 134.4 1,564 +  5.5
1936 152.7 1,754 + 12.1
1937 162.8 1,847 +  5.3
1938 163.4 1,830 –  0.9
1939 172.1 1,900 +  3.8
1940 181.9 1,976 +  4.0
1941 208.9 2,236 + 13.2
1942 245.0 2,585 + 15.6
1943 284.3 2,956 + 14.4
1944 296.3 3,039 +  2.8
1945 340.6 3,449 + 13.5
1946 344.3 3,446 –  0.1
1947 345.4 3,416 –  0.9
1948 358.9 3,505 +  2.6
1949 360.9 3,480 –  0.7
1950 369.8 3,552 +  2.1
1951 397.1 3,744 +  5.4
1952 416.0 3,886 +  3.8
1953 408.2 3,778 –  2.8
1954 387.0 3,546 –  6.1
1955 396.4 3,597 +  1.4
1956 406.5 3,650 +  1.5
1957 422.5 3,755 +  2.9
1958 448.9 3,953 +  5.3
1959 467.5 4,073 +  3.0
1960 484.4 4,171 +  2.4
1961 502.5 4,266 +  2.3
1962 508.4 4,266 0.0
1963 523.9 4,345  +  1.9
1964 511.3 4,194 –  3.5
1965 528.8 4,258 +  1.5
1966 541.3 4,287 +  0.7
1967 549.3 4,280 –  0.2
1968 545.6 4,186 –  2.2
1969 528.9 3,993 –  4.6
1970 536.5 3,985 –  0.2
1971 555.1 4,037 +  1.3
1972 566.8 4,043 +  0.1
1973 589.7 4,148 +  2.6
1974 599.0 4,141 –  0.2
1975 607.2 4,122 –  0.5
1976 613.5 4,091 –  0.8
1977 617.0 4,043 –  1.2
1978 616.0 3,970 –  1.8
1979 621.5 3,861 –  2.7
1980 631.5 3,849 –  0.3
1981 640.0 3,836 –  0.3
1982 634.0 3,739 –  2.5
1983 600.0 3,488 –  6.7
1984 600.4 3,446 –  1.2
1985 594.0 3,370 –  2.2
1986 583.8 3,274 –  2.8
1987 575.0 3,197 –  2.4
1988 562.5 3,096 –  3.2
1989 540.0 2,926 –  5.5
1990 525.0 2,834 –  3.1
1991 510.0 2,727 –  3.8
1992 500.0 2,647 –  2.9
1993 485.0 2,543 –  3.9
1994 486.0 2,524 –  0.7
1995 487.0 2,474 –  2.0
1996 487.0 2,445 –  1.2
1997 480.0 2,422 –  0.9
1998 465.0 2,275 –  6.1
1999 435.0 2,101 –  7.6
2000 430.0 2,049 –  2.5
2001 425.0 2,051 –  0.1
2002 415.0 1,982 –  3.4
2003 400.0 1,890 –  4.6
2004 388.0 1,814 –  4.0

* U.S. military forces overseas are included in the estimated consumption for the periods 1917–1919 and 1940–1994 and in the estimated per capita consumption for 1930–2004.

† Ages 18 years and older

Source:
Tobacco Outlook/TBS-260/April 28, 2006, Economic Research Service, USDA

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