asked the Taoiseach the estimated total consumption of cigarettes in the year 1950 and in each of the years 1960 to 1964 inclusive.
Written Answers. - Cigarette Consumption.
171.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
ESTIMATED quantities of cigarettes consumed in the years 1950, 1960 to 1963, inclusive, and in the six months January to June, 1964.
|
Period |
Quantity |
|
|
lbs. (000) |
||
|
Year |
1950 |
11,562 |
|
,, |
1960 |
11,268 |
|
,, |
1961 |
11,743 |
|
,, |
1962 |
11,614 |
|
,, |
1963 |
11,953 |
|
Jan.-June, 1964* |
5,580 |
* Provisional.
NOTE :— Above estimates are based on production plus imports less domestic exports.