Tuesday, July 8, 2025

U.S. Number One In Cigarette Smokers, July 9, 1925

U.S. Given Lead in Survey of Cigarette Smoking

Berlin, July 9—In a survey of cigarette smoking, the periodical Elxcelsior declared that Americans are the greatest short smokers in the world. The publication estimates that an average of 625 cigarettes a year are smoked by every American. This, of course, statistically includes non-cigarette smokers.

The German annual average is 599 cigarettes per capita; Belgium, 513; Italy, 284; France, 247; and Switzerland, 184.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Thursday, July 9, 1925

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