Page 13 Advertisements Column 3

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 13

P. G. Wodehouse, whose books have made us all laugh, has found, he says, " there ;s nothing like a quiet smoke to soothe the savage breast," or words to that effieet. Well, the tranquilising influence of good tobacco cannot be overestimated. Xt's as comforting as the recovery of a bad debt. But just as good tobaeco soothes and calms, the regular use of some brands may have preqisely the opposite effect. Tobaeco too rich in nicotine, for example, may if persistently smoked, render the smoker iriitable and disagreeable; his nerves become affected, and may, in popular parlanee "gp all to pieees," or he may suffer in other ways. Unfortunately such brands are almost ae cpmmon as wet days in New Zealand. Beyond the shadow of a doubt the purest tobaecos pn the market are the well-known toasted varieties, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. The manufacturers' own toasting process eliminates the poiaonous nicotine and renderg them as safe for the smoker as they are markable for flavour and bouquet. But 'ware imitationsl* i t