Cabled from London the other day that Londoners now consume 50 per cent. less alcohol and smoke 100 per cent, more tobacco than formerly. Vet the enemies of the weed will insist that smoking invariably leads to drinking, and that the confirmed smoker is usually a confirmed sot. But the cablegram seems to give the lie direct to that assertion. It is a Fie, because tobacco quite often does away with the craving for alcohol. And while liquor, taken to excess, fuddles the brain, and destroys the ability to think (dearly, tobacco has precisely the opposite effect. It is a sedative and nerve-soother. But beware of over-indulgence in tobacco unless it's pure! If overloaded with nicotine, as the foreign 1 tobaccos generally are, it will infallibly wreck the health, sooner or later. The world’s purest tobacco is the toasted New Zealand. The toasting kills the poison, leaving the tobacco pure, sweet, mellow, fragrant—and innocuous. There are. only four brands of toasted; IRiverhead Hold, Cavendish. Navy Cut No. 3 and Cut Plug No. 10.—Advt.
No cold is “Nazol” —proof. Follow 'tno recognised scientific method of penetration. Disinfects the nasal and bronchial passages. Soothes and relieves instantly. 120 full doses cost 2s 6d.—Advt Constipation! Really lasting relief from internal sluggishness hy regularly eating Yeas ton Tablets W. K. WdUams, Chemist.—Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1931, Page 8
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