TABLE 3

CIGAR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL EXPENDITURES
FOR YEARS 1996 AND 1997
(IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)

 

1996

1997

Type of
Advertising
Dollars % of
Total
Dollars % of
Total
Magazines 6,625.5 21.4% 9,878.0 24.1%
Newspapers 189.3 .6% 670.8 1.6%
Television
Radio, Audiovisual
326.7  1.1% 324.8 .8%
Internet 78.4 .3% 218.4 .5%
Outdoor 35.0 .1% 50.5 .1%
Transit   0.0%   0.0%
Point of Sale  3,840.2 12.4% 5,232.5 13.0%
Coupons and
Retail Value Added
 3,911.7 12.7% 2,723.5 6.7%
Direct Mail  208.4 .7% 240.6 .6%
Endorsements and
Product Placements
 143.5 .5% 338.8 .8%
Promotional Allowances  12,360.0 40.0% 16,292.8 39.8%
Promotional Items  305.8 .9% 660.7 1.6%
Public Entertainment 692.3 2.2% 1,016.5 2.5%
Sampling 308.1 1.0% 422.7 1.0%
All Other  1,888.0 6.1% 2,904.7 7.0%
Total Expenditures  30,912.9 100.0% 40,975.4 100.1%(1)
Sports(2)  372.2 1.2% 378.0 .9%
1. Total percentages may not be exact due to rounding.

2. "Sports" includes all expenses (reported in any other category) in sponsoring or promoting sports activities or sports figures in connection with a sport. See Glossary.