Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Mon, Jun 29 1992 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 92 05:27:36 EDT Message-ID: 06-29 0000 cc cc June 29, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. HOW PEOPLE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING: Naturally 39% Alarm or clock radio 54% Need several alarms 5% Source: Phone interviews with 1,000 men and women for KRUPS by Bruskin:Goldring CIGARETTES AT A PRICE: The number of cigarettes sold in the U.S. has dropped each year since 1981, but tobacco companies continue to wring big profits from sales, mainly by raising prices. Average cost of a name-brand pack of cigarettes 1961 27 1971 40 1981 70 Nov. 1991 $1.82 1 - includes federal and state tax Source: Tobacco Merchants Association of the U.S. WHERE BETTING DOLLARS GO: Parimutuel wagering for the sports(1) on which betting is legal (in billions of dollars): Horse racing $14.3 Greyhound racing $1.4 Jai alai $0.5 (1) Not including the Oregon Lottery Sports Action Game Source: Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc. (1990 figures, most recent available). HOW MUCH WEDDING GIFTS COST: Median spending on wedding gifts, by region: Region Gift price Northeast $52 West $42 Midwest $32 South $31 Source: The Roper Organization poll of 1,122 adults who have attended a wedding and bought a gift This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM