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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1930, Page 6

The lure of tobacco! Prisoners 'in our gaols each get an ounce weekly and there’s no punishment a prisoner dreads like the stoppage of his tobacco. Same thing with the inmates of our homes and refuges. The old folks spending the evening of their lives in these institutions prize the weekly oiinc of tobacco served out to them more than any f hing else. Does smoking harm them? No+ 11 bit of it! so long as the ’baccy is pure and •good. Unfortunately the imported brands are mostly far from pure, being choked with nicotine, and it’s the presence of this poison in excess that does the harm, if any. The world's purest tobaccos are the New Zealand. Hardly any nicotine in them. They are all toasted, you see, and toasting not only vastly improves flavour and aroma, but renders them perfectly safe to smoke. Even if you smoke to excess it doesn’t matter a button. Thev can’t harm you the various brands (Rivorhend Gold. Cavend,*, Navy Cut and Cut Plug No 10) are familiar to all smokers who know Inexperience that they all stand for excellence. —A dv t.