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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1927, Page 4

Anti-tobaceoitcs are wont to say hard tilings about smoking. but quite often they are untrue. Tobacco may have its faults, but its virtues should not bo overlooked. Smoking assists digestion ; it is also a great preservative* of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infest all people’s mouths, while its soothing and tra.uquilising effects in times of nientral stress, worry or exertion are well known to afl smokers. Hut the quality should be good. Brands full of nicotine (like many of the imported varieties) are best avoided. Our own New Zealand-grown tobaccos contain comparatively little nicotine, and mav consequently l*e smoked freely without injurious results, while owing to the leaf being toasted in the process of manufacture (quite a novel idea) they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. The popular brands are “Rirerhead Gold.'’ aromatic; "Navy Cut" (Bulldog), medium; and "Cut Plug No. 10" (Bullsliead), full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that the New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destined to become of the first importance-—Advt. I