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Excerpt from The Tobacco Situation: October, 1950 Wholesale prices of popular brands of_cigars increased about no p cent during World War II and then 'again following the war by about another 25 percent. 'since the end of 1916, popular brand prices have remained fairly'steady. However, there has been a noticeable shift on the part of consumers towards smoking cigars from the lower-priced group8. (see table It seems likely that about 50 percent of the cigars consumed this year will cost 8 cents or less compared with 140 percent in this price range in 191w. This trend towards lower-priced cigars probably will slacken or may be halted in the year ahead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.