CHAPTER XIV
CIGARETTES
Statistics. Kinds and where made. Imported Cigarettes.
Domestic Cigarettes. Cigarette papers.
CIGARETTES
A cigarette according to the meaning of the word is a small cigar. It consists of a roll of loose tobacco wrapped in a case of either paper or tobacco-leaf. In the latter case it is known as an all-tobacco cigarette.
Since the introduction of cigarette making machinery the output of cigarettes in the United States has grown enormously. This will be seen from the following figures which represent the output of cigarettes for the past 25 years:
| Year | Number of cigarettes manufactured in the United States. | |
| 1890 | 2,000,000,000 | |
| 1895 | 3,500,000,000 | |
| 1900 | 4,000,000,000 | |
| 1905 | 6,500,000,000 | |
| 1910 | 7,000,000,000 |