Print Version U.S. Cigarette Market Overview RJRT estimates that there are approximately 44.5 million adult smokers in the U.S., representing about one-fourth of the population over age 18. U.S. shipments of cigarettes totaled more than 200 billion through the first half of 2001.
Retail prices reflect regular, non-promoted selling price.
These figures count each manufacturer's private-label brands as one brand style. The cigarette pipeline - how cigarettes are distributed Manufacturers 38 Warehouses 770 Wholesalers approx.