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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 81, 31 May 1946, Page 3

Why do people smoke? An English social welfare organisation has been looking into this. Three hundred people were questioned, and it came out that many thought “handing round cigarettes helps to break the social ice and hide any inferiority complex.” One youth in every three said “Smoking made you feel grown-up,” but very few girls said that. One in every eight non-smok-ers admitted that he envied smokers, and one smoker in every five said that he envied those free from the habit. So there you are! Taking one consideration with another those who smoke are happier and more contented than those who don’t. And if an enquiry could be instituted into the tastes of smokers, it would almost certainly be found that the most popular brands going are the toasted ones—Cut' Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) j Riverhead Go 1 ' and Desert Gold; also tailormades. These famous blends, so fragrant and comforting, are also the purest, for most of their nicotine is toasted out of them. Thus even the heavy smoker is safeguarded.