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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5424, 15 May 1929, Page 4

“Everybody smokes now — woman, and child.” Thus said Mr Barry Pain, the well-known London writer, in the last number of the “Windson.’’ Yes } we all smoke —bar cranks. Why not ? The habit contributes more to the sum total of human happiness than any other. It soothes our sorrow's and enhances our joys. Never mind what its enemies may say. The worst they can say is that the nicotine contained in tobacco may prove highly injurious. But that depends upon the tobacco. Imported brands, it’s true, are often so full of this poison that their free use may cause nerve and heart trouble. But what about our N.Z. tobaccos ? They differ in so far as their content of nicotine is quite negligible in comparison. And —'note this—New Zealand tobaccos are toasted. They’re the only tobaccos that are. Hence their delightful flavour and fragrance. And they’re so pure you may smoke them with absolute impunityf They don’t require rubbing and they don’t bite the tongue. Even doctors recommend them. Riverhead Gold is mild, Navy Cut (Bulldog) is medium, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) is full strength. Thy them.*

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