"c           VAR 0416      01087 TOBACCO 3R 915-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0416         LOC 3705 WIDTH  9             DK  59 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, SMALL CIGARETTES                         "
"c              -------------------------------------                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01087                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  BILLIONS OF CIGARETTES                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1915-12/1944                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1915-1919 DATA ARE FROM STANDARD STATISTICS          "
"c              COMPANY, STANDARD STATISTICAL BULLETIN, JANUARY 1932, EXCEPT  "
"c              FOR IMPORTS FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE PHILLIPINES, WHICH WERE  "
"c              OBTAINED DIRECT FROM THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE;          "
"c              1920-1941 DATA ARE FROM SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY       "
"c              1922-AUGUST 1924, AND SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1932, 1936, 1938,       "
"c              1940, AND 1942; THE DATA HAVE BEEN CROSS-CHECKED WITH BUREAU  "
"c              OF INTERNAL REVENUE RELEASES; 1942-1944 DATA ARE FROM A       "
"c              MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE FROM THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 01086 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1915-1944 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1944-1957.                                                    "
"c                   DATA ARE AS INDICATED BY TAX-PAID WITHDRAWALS FROM       "
"c              FACTORIES AND BONDED CUSTOMS WAREHOUSES AND IMPORTS,          "
"c              COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF SALES OF REVENUE STAMPS.             "
"c                   SMALL CIGARETTES ARE THOSE WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 3      "
"c              POUNDS PER 1000.                                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "