Western Sentinel in Winston, North Carolina

Tobacco industry tax burden and production figures analyzed

The piece reports Internal Revenue figures for tobacco taxes at 41,106,547.92 dollars last year and total tobacco product output including 161,000,000 pounds of tobacco and 3.3 billion cigars and cigarettes. It notes 15,000 manufacturers and 400,000 dealers, plus state-by-state production leaders and major firms like W. T. Blackwell Co. and Lorillard Co. It argues the tax burden on growers and the industry as a whole.