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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4949, 10 March 1926, Page 1

Did you know .that' Lord Jel.licoe was a devotee of the /'weed" He chiefly smokes cigarettes;but confines himselfto one packet of-ten. per. diem. . Quite moderate! Yes.'i Some people smoke thri.ee that quantity between breakfast and bed. But despite the popularity of the “cig.” millions of smokers prefer the pipe. As to the injuriousness of smoking, it largely depends upon the tobacco. The im u ported brands, as a rule, are simply loaded with nicotine, so that their habitual use cannot be good. In that respect they differ materially from our New Zealand-grown tobaccos. These are, toasted —-hence their delightful, flavour and fragrance. Also, they are comparatively free from nicotine and do not burn the'tongue, wreck the nerves, or affect the, heart. There is unquestionably a great'future before these tobaccos, and already the growing, curing, and manufacture of the leaf is becoming an important New Zealand industry, and farmers are finding a tobacco crop a profitable one to cultivate.- Brands chiefly in demand are Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy Cut '(Bulldog), medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10, full.*