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_-~ Mr. Allen's~year-endl statement was reported' by both major news services and in various publications :;. HOUSTON POST Houston, Texas December 26, 1961 clgars. ~ outside of fl9ien notes that in addition to the federal tax of- 8 cents a pack, 47-stat0s and the District of Cblumbiai place speeia]' lhvies on ciQaretties: Fourteen states boosted their cigarette tax dur- ing 1961. "Government officials; on all evels, could ask themselves if is heavy tax burden might not hold inherent dangers," he direct -a9rK,1a.xes; cspecially on!per cent of all Limit To, Tax Load, Sayrs, Tobacco Institute Head NEW YORK-~Rl--In a review,cigarettes, is placing an exces- sive economic burdbn on users of tobacco products,"' says George V. Allen, president of the Tobacco Institute Inc of Washington. Institute members make 90 ~n. „ . . :~.. s: CHICAGONEW6 Chicago, Illinois Jalauary 2, 1962 Prote I sts High ~ Taxes Pllaced ~ Qn Gbarets ~.-t. . - NEW YORK (AP) - The ; .b head of the Tobacco Institute said, there was i 11mif ta the tax a'Ioad that consumers and the in- dustry should'be asked tocarry. "The increasing, number of direct sales taxes, especially on cigarets, is placing ani excessive economic burden on usere of tobacco products;" said George V. Allen, president of the in, stitute. Allen noted that in addition tm the federal tax of 8 cents a I pack, 47 s:ates and the District of Columbia piacc special levies' on cigareta. NEWS -TRIBUNE Tacoma, Washington December 26, 1961 Record Tobacco Year Predicted J~~ he .. .; ~~s .4 4".,V?• enjoy & record-brQAkdtig 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- g~a izatioa for the tobacco mdu^:- come to tobacco growers, for out- try, predicted today that tobarco put of manufacturers products, gz'owera Rnd manufactiurers will•?nd for contributions to other r'. scgmentt of the national econ- i'" omv; including excise and other' tax payments to all Jevels of government' 4 `44 •..r.~.~''-.. ... *O-.L.~~ C ""N. ~;1 L~' , ~ .•T r.l . ..-... ai ;t:.. of 1961, the head ofthe 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 -7: CHICAGO NEWS Chicago, Illinois D+ec emb er 30, 1961 Toba,cco's Heading for Record Year WASHINGTON QUPI}-'The tobacco industry should have another record ye a r in 11952; according to George V. Allen, president of the Tobacco Insti- 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 Jamestown. ; ~w ' 4ra American "farmers grew 2,000,000,000 pounds of to- fv~• bacco in 1961 and r ec e i v e d, S'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 { :' :- •'s:: s. s t,. ALLEN estimatedl 1961 do- mestic cigaret sales at 503;000,- .~. OOrD,000, some 15,000,000,000 fi i e h er than most other esti= mutc ;. ....< .: . •. . ~ . s He said 44 per cent of what consumers paid' for the cigarets went into federal state and ' localitaxes. He said increasin thx~eswereputting~, an'excessis~ ~ economic demand on users ' tobacco products. NDWS! AND OBSEPtVr"R Raleigh, North Carolina January 1, 1962 _ Cgarette T c~. Burden `aExcessive WA'SI3INGTON (AP)_The head of the Tobacco Institute says in a review of 1961 that there Is a lim- It to the tax load that eonatuners and the industry ahould be asked .k,r. ^.c""'i!. "'The increasing number of di- rect sales taxes, especiailiy on cigarettes, is placing an excessive economic burden on users of to- bacco prodttctsi' said George V Allen. Institute members make 90 per cent of all tobacco1 products out- side cigars. Allen noted that in, addition to the federal tax of'8 cents a pack 47 states and the District of Co- lumbia place special levies on, cigarettes. Fourteen states boost• ed their cigarette tax during 1961. O"Government offudals, on a11 i levels, could ask themselves' If this heavy tax burdea might not hold inherent dangers,'• be added. Lung Cancer. Discussing the controversy over whether tobacco contributes to1 such things as lung cancer, Allen . said, "The broad spectrum of opinion indicatea that the facts arwr not yet known~ either about the causes of the diseases in question J' or tobacco's role, if' indeed It has ~AIl'en said that U.S. Department of Agrictslttae estimates placed cigarette eales In the United State: = In 1961 at 508 billion units, or 12 billion more than 1960. That would . putthe ccaatlmers' oat at aboutilli $7 billion, up $400 mon over a year earlier.