‘‘How much tobacco do you smokt a day?” Such was the literally ‘‘burn inn” question a London journal hasbeen asking its readers. There were plenty of replies. A few cigarette smokers pleaded guilty to as many as six packets daily, between breakfast and bed-time! And some veterai smokers wrote that they couldn’t do with fewer than ten pipes a day Medical correspondents eondemnei that as excessive. Perhaps if. is. BtP it all depends on the baccy. For ox ample the nicotine content of Ameri can leaf is notoriously large, ami tin deadly effect of nicotine on heart and nerves is well known to the medical profession. Happily for New Zealanders the nicotine question need no: trouble them, because the New Zealand leaf is toasted and that process eliminates the nicotine and makes tin tobacco absolutely safe to smoke, even to excess. New Zealand toasted i c perhaps the finest tobacco in the world —and the purest. There arc four brands: Riverhead Gold. Cavendish Navy Cut No. 3, and Cut Plug No. 10.
For table use insist on Sharland’s Vinegar—a condiment of absolute purity—stroo<T and piquant. Tn bottl° or bulk.—Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1931, Page 5
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