Tobacco

Description

The Tobacco Briefing Room offered a synthesis of ERS research, analysis, and outlook on U.S. and world tobacco and tobacco-product markets. It included current and historical data on supply, demand, trade, and prices; information on U.S. policy and the U.S. industry; and recommended readings. This file provides information on the contents of the Briefing Room when it was archived in January 2008.

Disclaimers

• This Briefing Room is archived—and is no longer maintained. It is provided for historical reference and research needs.
• The material may not reflect the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded.
• The content and context of this Briefing Room (for example, text, charts, and accompanying data) is as of the "Updated date" at the bottom of each page.
• The ERS contacts listed at the bottom of each page were current as of the "Updated date."
• The links to ERS and other websites were current as of the "Updated date."

Contents

• TobaccoBriefingRoom.zip

The contents of the former Tobacco Briefing Room have been bundled into a zip file that contains the following files:

• ReadMeTobaccoBriefingRoom.pdf.
• TobaccoBriefingRoom.pdf, a PDF capturing the former html pages in the ERS Tobacco Briefing Room:
  • Tobacco: Briefing Room Index Page (last updated May 16, 2007)
  • Tobacco: Background (last updated October 3, 2005)
  • Tobacco: Trade (last updated October 3, 2005)
  • Tobacco: Market Outlook (last updated October 3, 2005)
  • Tobacco: Policy (last updated October 3, 2005)
  • Tobacco: Policy, The Tobacco Program—A Summary and Update (last updated January 5, 2001)
  • Tobacco: Recommended Readings (last updated May 15, 2007)
  • Tobacco: Data Tables (last updated April 24, 2007)
  • Tobacco: Data Tables, Notes for Table 11 (last updated March 25, 2003)
  • Tobacco: Related Links (last updated December 2, 2005)
• Contracts.pdf, a reading mentioned on the Recommended Readings page.
• CRSTobMasSetAgrRL30058.pdf, a Congressional Research Service report mentioned on the Policy page.
• CRSTobPriceSupport95129.pdf, a Congressional Research Service report mentioned on the Policy page.
• CRSTobProgram97471.pdf, a Congressional Research Service report mentioned on the Policy page.
• CRSTobQuotaBuyoutRL31790.pdf, a Congressional Research Service report mentioned on the Policy page.
• Table27.xls, a table mentioned on the Data Tables page.
• UsersDollar.pdf, a reading mentioned on the Recommended Readings page.