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_-~ Mr. Allen'wyear-endi statement was reported' by both major news services and in various publications r L :;. HIDU6TON' POST Houston, Texas December 26, 1961 Limit To, Tax Load, Sayrs, Tobacco Institute Hea d NEW YORK-~Rl--In a review,cigarettes, is placing an exces- sive economic burden on users of tobacco products,"' says George V. Allen, president of the Tobacco Institute Inc of Washington. Institute members make 90 pt outside of clgars ~ ': Alien notes that in addition to the federal tax of- 8' cents a pack, 47-staths and the District of Cbliimbiai place speeia]' lhvies on ciQaretties: Fourteen states boosted their cigarette tax dur- ing 1961. "Government officials; on all ~evels, could ask themselves if this heavy tax burden might not hold inherent dangers," he_: di,rect -a9rK,Ia.xes; cspecially on!per cent of all tobacco productsJadds; tute. '~ He pointed out that the new year will mark the 350th anni= .. versary of the harvesting of the first crop of Virginia tobacco° ': p 1 a n te d by John Rolfe near * o~ Jamestown. , ;, ; a ~ ~~'w ~ra American "farmers grew 2,000,000,000 pounds of to- bacco in 1961 and re'ceivedi $'1,3'00,000;000 for it, b'e t tc r quality leaf' b r o u g h t higher prices than ever before to the farmers _- (f:.~ ~., A'LLEN estimatedl 1961 do- mestic cigaret sales at 503;000,- " 00fD.000, . some 15,000,00ID,000 h i 1e h err than most other esti= ~, maies v ..,.x . ; He said 44 per cent of' what: consumers paid' for the' cigarets went into federal, state and ' local, taxes. He said increasin taxes were putting, an' excessi~ ' economic demand on users ' ' tobacco products. s ~ 7 CHICAGO NEWS Chicago, Illinois January 2, 1962 Protests High Taxes Placed -Qn Gbarets;, . - . , ` NEW YORK (AP) - T'he = head of' the Tobacco Institute said, there was i 11mif ta the tax : load that consumers and the in- dustry should'be asked to'carry. "The increasing, number of : direct sales taxes, especially on cigarets, is placing ani excessive economic burden on usere of tobacco products;" said George iV: Allen, president of' the in, stitute. Allen noted that in addition to the federal tax of 8 cents a• pack, 47 s:ates and the District mof Columbia piacc special levies' :on cigareta. NEWS -TRIBUNE Tacoma, Wash3ngton December, 26, 1961 Record Tobacco Year Predicted .4 enjoy a, record-brQAk?tig income year in 1962. . •There appears to be little .qNestion,',' the institute said' in' a . statement, "that in the next 12 WASHINGTON 1P-The Tt+- mont'hs we shall see new records, bacco Institute, Inc:, trade n.- topping those set in 1961, for in- gOizat'ion for the tobacco indu^:- come to tobacco growers, for out- try, predicted today that tobarco put of manufacturers products, gzowera Rnd manufacturers will•?nd fnr contributions to other sc~mentt of the national econ- ~ omv; including, excise and, other• ? ~ tax payments to all Jevels of gov ernment' . .. ~ -.. :.. ~~ h .-~. ..~r-. ~ r.. .,.;'-.. ...,.. . 7.K~.L ~ , w:R : 1 p,~ of 1961, the head of'the Tobacco Institute said there is a limit to the tax load that consumers and the industry should be asked to carry. "The incrcasing number of CHI CAGO NEWS Chicago, Illinois D+ec emb er 30, 1961 ~.'oba,cco''s Heading for Record Year WASHII\1GT?O1V' QUPI}-'The tobacco industry should have~ another record ye a r in 1'952; accordng to George V. Allen,, president of the Tobacco Insti- } .. ?~. NDWSAND 0BSERVER~: Raleigh, Nor th Carolina January 1, 1962'2 lCigarette T a.~c Burderr . `aExcessive' . WASI3INGTON (AP)-The head of the Tobacco Inatitute says in a review of 1961 that there Is a]im- it to the tax load that eonatuners and the industry ahould be asked ~~ . to' carry» "'The increasing attmber of di= treet sales taaes, especiaily on cigarettes, is placing an excessive economic burden on users of to- bacco products," said George V Institute members make 90 per cent of all tobacco1 products out- side cigars. Allen noted that in, addition to a the federal tax of'8 cents a pack 47 states and tfie Dishict of Co- ~ lumbia place special levies on, cigarettes. Fourteen states boost• ed their cigarette tas'durtng 1961. -•6overnment officials, on all! ~ levels, could ask themselves if' ;';; this heavy tax burdea might not hold inherent dangens,,• be added. ; ;r;;' Lamg, Caneer. Discussing the controversy over whether tobacco contributes to, auch tbings as lung cancer, Allen said, "The broad spectrum of opinion indicatea that the facts arti not' yet knowni either about the causes of the diseases in question 1: , , as tobacco s ro.e, if tndeed it has atlyc° Alletn said that U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates placed cigarette eales In the United States . ° In 1961 at 503 ' billion units, or 12 billion more than 1960. That' would putthe ecasumers' cost at about $7 billion, up $400 million over a yeea' earlier