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Rappk. County
Smoke Bill $154,000
How much cigarette smoking are residents of Rappahannock] County doing these days?
To what extent, if any, have they been swayed by the health warnings issued during the last few years by the Public Health Service and others?
According to the latest figures, most of them are smoking as much as they ever did. The average rate of consumption in the local area, for those 18 years af age and older, is 193 packs a year. By way of comparison, the average rate in the rest of the United States is 215 packs and, in the South Atlantic States, 220.
Despite the many reports to the effect that there is a direct relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, cigarette sales are on the rise.
Nationally, according to a Department of Agriculture report, more than 550 billion cigarettes were smoked in the past year, or about 11 billion more than in 1966.
On a per capita basis, this was equivalent to 4, 295 for every person over the age of 18. It was second only to 1963, when the average was 4,345 per person.
In Rappahannock County, an estimated 568,000 packs of cigarettes were smoked in 1967, on the basis of regional statistics released by the Tobacco Tax Council.
91.3%