The Tobacco Institute, Inc. was a trade association with the stated purpose of promoting a better understanding of the tobacco industry and its place in the national economy. The association also compiled and disseminated information about the industry and the use of tobacco products. It was founded in 1958 by twelve tobacco products manufacturers. The Tobacco Institute's activities included lobbying, policy work, advertising, and publishing white papers. This item is a sales and public relations packet assembled by the Tobacco Institute that was intended to portray tobacco products in the mid-twentieth century as a fast-growing market, with over fifty percent of Americans smoking and enjoying their historical connection to tobacco products. The packet includes a report, a newsletter single issue, tobacco growing districts wall map, and photographs detailing the tobacco growing, drying, and manufacturing process.