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' GREENSBORO NEWS Greensboro, North Carolina October 28, 1960 Tobacco Leading . utomatic Sales WASHINGTON, Oct. 27-Tobac- ; co products are by far the biggest selling items in the field of auto- matic merchandising, the Tobae- `co Institute said today. Americans are putting more than a billion dollars a year into - coin-operated machines to buy cigarettes and cigars. They dis- pense about 15 per cent of all cigarettes sold in the U.S. And if the American public MT. VERNON ARGUS should think that the cigar smoker is passe, he may well read the Tobacco Institute fig- ures. Last year, while more than $1 billion worth of cigarettes were dispensed through 786,500 ma ; chines, cigar sales were nearly $8.7 million, through 48,600 ma- chines, it was said. Mt. Vernon, New York October 27, 1960 1 Billion In Tobacco Peddled In Machines WASHINGTON (UPI) - Ameri- cans dropped more than one bil- lion dollars into vending machines ~, for cigarettes and cigars last year,. ~ the Tobacco Institute reports. In an article in the Tobacco, News, the institute said' tobacco ~ products accounted for 38 to 40i per cent of vending machine busi- ness in recent years. ~ Soft' drinks were the second most. O popular product' Americans got from automatic machines, with ~ $450 million worth purchased dur- ing 1958. Machine candy sales were third with a;225 million total dur- ing ihe same year. NE W YORK EERAJ~)-ZrtIBUNF New York, New York ~~ October 27, 1960 ~ Vending iVlacninP nates ~ WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 ~ (UPI). - Americans dropped more than $1,00('00,000 into (h vending machines for cigar- ettes ettes and cigars last year, the a. Tobacco Institute reported to- `_ day. Fa art article in the "To- bacco News," the institute said l~r tobacco products accounted for 38 to 40 per cent of vend- Ing ing machine business In recent O years. Soft drinks were the ~ second most popular product Americans got from automatic macllihes. with $450,000;000 worth~ purchased during 1958. Machine candy sales were third with a $225.000,000 level during the same year. BIRNiINGHAM POST-HF.RAILD ham Alabama i Bi rm n C5, ~,7 ~ October 27, 1960 ~ WASHINGTON. Oct. 26 IUPU-Americans dropped more than '~V\ one brlhuni dollars into, vending machines for cigarets and cigars last year, the Tobacco Institute reported today. , ~ In an article in thP Tobacco News, the institute said tobacco ~ products accounted for 38 to 40 per cent of vending rnachine business in t ,'~ recen years. ~. Soft drinks tti-eree the second most nooultir nr•nrlurt Amarrmne got trum autornatic machines. with $450 million worth purchased "`hdtu•ing 19.i8. Illachine candjr sales were third with a 52•l5 million ~ ` levrel. ., ; d. ,~rtr`. YORK. Oct. 26 IUPU - The wholesale goods price lnder \"cliinbed another two cents this week to $6:01, Dun & Bradstreet reported tuday. That compares with $5.93 this week last year. pEsJ YORK WORLD-TELEGRAl4 & SUN1 New York, New York ,October 26, 1960 ~Coins , for Cigarets ~ Jingle in Machines ~ Specia2 to Wor1d-Te:agra+.a. and Srii. N, WASHINGTON; OctL 26.- Americans are putting well ~, over $1 billion a year into ~ coin-operated machines to buy cigarets and cigars, the Tobac- co Institute noted today in its ~ Tobacco :V.ews. Q Tobacco products are by far Q the biggest selling items in the field of aut'omatic men ~ chandising, averaging 38 to 40 percent in recent .years. It said. Automatic machines dis- pense about 15 percent of all cinarets sold' ini the country. ihe Institute stated. Secotrd most popular prod• ucts ~;.old thro:.,>.h vending ma- chines are soft drinks with sales of S-15U million last cear: Candy sales, hit' $22:i milllton in machine sales. COLUtZIA IM, ALD Col'tainbia, Tennessee N-,vember 1, 1960 MACHINE SMOKING WASHINGTON, D. C. - Amer- icans are putting well over a bil- hon dollars a year into coin-op- erated machines to buy cigaret= tes and cigars, according to the current Tobacco News, publica- tion of the Tobacco Institute. ~ o0 3~'~f33 ~~ F NaAJ9I IiER.4:LD Miami, Florida October 30, 1960, Machine Puf f s: Just WASHINGTON - (UPI) - In spite of its presence every- where, the cigaret vending ma- chine still sells only 15 per cent of the cigarets smoked in the United States. But that runs to more than $1 billion and in -the past 14 companies produced 95,000 new cigaret ve n d i n g machines worth $27:6 million, according to the Tobacco Institute. But carton sales in super- markets and tobacco shops plus single pack sales in thou- sands of outlets still far out- number the machine sales. Incidentally, the c i'g a r e t vending machine is a lot older than most folks probably think. It was introduced' way back In 1888 ow the platforms of, New York elevated railway stations.