Funny how tastes . change m pipe tobaccos," remarked an Auckland tobacconist to a pressman, the other day. '- "Formerly the demand was all for the imported/but to-day it's New Zealand tobacco that is all the rage, and for every ounce of imported I sell, I dispose of a pound of New Zealand. It certainly is 'the goods.' I fancy it's the* toasting of the leaf that mostly accounts for its fine flavour and aroma. It's. the., only toasted tobacco on the market,;so far as. I know. Several doctors who are amongst my customers will smoke nothing else. They say there's so little nicotine m it that it'sby far the safest to smoke. Well, it. must be' admitted that those foreign brands often contain a dangerous amount of nicotine. Oh, yes, there are several brands of' New Zealand. Perhaps. I sell more Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) than anything else, . but Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) full flavour runs It pretty -close. Then there's Riverhead Gold, a mild aromatic,., which also has a* big sale. But they're all good.* ' l '..'■■...■'.'''■'..'.■■■.•• :'■-.'■■
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NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 19
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178Page 19 Advertisements Column 3 NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 19
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