"c           VAR 0413      01086 TOBACCO 3R 915-951               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0413         LOC 3678 WIDTH  9             DK  59 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, LARGE CIGARS                             "
"c              ---------------------------------                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01086                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF CIGARS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1915-12/1951                            "
"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; 1942-1951 DATA ARE FROM A       "
"c              MIMEOGRAPHED RELEASE FROM THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE;     "
"c              1951-1955 DATA ARE FROM THE 1955 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SURVEY OF  "
"c              CURRENT BUSINESS.                                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 01086 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA,1915-1951 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,   "
"c              1949-1955.                                                    "
"c                   DATA REPRESENT TAX PAID WITHDRAWALS FROM FACTORIES AND   "
"c              BONDED CUSTOMS WAREHOUSES AS WELL AS IMPORTS AND ARE          "
"c              COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF SALES OF REVENUE STAMPS.             "
"c                   FIGURES FOR CIGARS ARE THOSE FOR LARGE CIGARS WEIGHING   "
"c              OVER THREE POUNDS PER 1000.  THEY REPRESENT OVER 90% OF THE   "
"c              TOTAL THROUGH 1940 AND PRESUMABLY 95-98% OF THE TOTAL FROM    "
"c              1941 ON.                                                      "
"c                   A CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF REVENUE STAMPS SOLD,       "
"c              BASED ON RETAIL PRICE, AFFECTS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1942.   "
"c                   BEGINNING MARCH 1949, THE STATEMENT OF TAX-PAID          "
"c              PRODUCTS IS PUBLISHED IN COMBINATION WITH"COLLECTIONS OF      "
"c              INTERNAL REVENUE" BY THE ACCOUNTS AND COLLECTIONS UNIT OF     "
"c              THE INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU.                                  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "