Hello vsurg-ga,
Thank you for your question.
My search returned the following results:
According to the National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers,
Americans spend $2.3 billion a year on chewing gum.
http://www.cbrinfo.org/natrev04.html
According to the National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers,
North American kids spend approximately half a billion dollars on
bubble gum every year?
http://www.nacgm.org/consumer/funfacts.html
Americans spend 9.3 million on cat and dog food each year.
http://www.ulster.net/~hmintzer/wint2001.html
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Total $7,196 millions on dog food in 1999
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Type: $million:
Dry food $4,577
Canned food 1,282
Semi-moist 1,235
Treats 103
Total $7,196
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Total $3,997 millions on cat food in 1999
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Type: $million:
Dry food $2,018
Canned food 1,787
Semi-moist 85
Treats 123
Total $3,997
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Source: Pet nutrition U.S. Numbers
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ans/brant/ans224/lectures/petnutr2242002.pdf
Americans spent over $154 billion on prescription drugs in 2001.
Prescription drug costs continue to increase, due in part to
availability of new, typically more expensive medications and
increased number of prescriptions written.
http://www.unionpriv.org/leaders/pdfs/dyk_health_savings.pdf
In 2000, more than $19 billion was spent on nonprescription
medications in the US.
http://www.methodisthealth.com/news/mens/october2001/page2.htm
Presently, Americans spend $25 billion, out-of-pocket, on
over-the-counter, non-prescription medications: vitamins, minerals,
herbs, and homeopathic preparations.
http://www.parkinson.org/altermed.htm
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Americans spend billion non-prescription over the counter medications
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I hope you find this helpful.
Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga |
