TABLE 7

DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE OF CIGARS CONTAINING RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO
(RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO USED IN ANY CIGAR COMPONENT)(1)
 

UNITS

DOLLARS
Cigar Size Reconstituted No
Reconstituted		 Reconstituted No
Reconstituted
Little  
1996 99.9% .1% 99.3% .7%
1997 99.9% .1% 99.2% .8%
Medium  
1996 99.2% .8% 97.3% 2.7%
1997 98.7% 1.3% 95.6% 4.4%
Large  
1996 92.7% 7.3% 64.4% 35.6%
1997 90.3% 9.7% 53.5% 46.5%

1. Cigars containing any amount of reconstituted tobacco in any component are included in the Reconstituted columns.